LECTURE 1 "The Tudors and Torrigiano"
Makers and Markets: Italian Art in Britain
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1h 11m
In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Tudors needed sculptors and artists to promote their family after Henry VII ascended the throne. Pietro Torrigiano needed an escape route after punching Michelangelo in the nose in Florence. The sculptor saw his opportunity and moved to England to work at the royal court and met other foreign artists. This talk explores how Italian artists brought Renaissance style to England.
Readings:
Giorgio Vasari, “Life of Torrigiano”, from The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
Cinzia Maria Sicca, “Vasari’s Vite and Italian artists in sixteenth-century England” Journal of Art Historiography, 9, December 2013: 1-18.
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