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Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn, Jamie Thomas King as Thomas Wyatt
The Tudors 2.01
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Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn, Jamie Thomas King as Thomas Wyatt
The Tudors 2.01
They Flee From Me by Sir Thomas Wyatt
In October, I decided to challenge myself to produce a miniature illustrated painting each day of the month inspired by the Tudor court and the medium of portrait miniatures.
Lucas Horenbout was a Flemish artist and founding artist of the tradition of painting miniatures. He moved to England in the mid-1520s and worked as the court miniaturist to King Henry VIII from 1525 until Horenbout's death. He captured many of the iconic figures of the era and also taught the art of illumination to Hans Holbein, who would go on to eclipse him as the most famous court artist of that era.
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually undertaken in gouache, watercolour, or enamel. Portrait miniatures evolved out of the techniques required to craft the intricate illustrations and borders of illuminated manuscripts, and became popular among 16th century elites. From the middle of the 18th century, the trend spread across the rest of Europe remaining highly popular until the development of photography in the mid 19th century.
For my challenge, I used black ink, water colours, and 300gsm textured watercolour paper. I bought and thrifted some amazing vintage frames, mostly 2 or 3 inches high. Some are over fifty years old, so consequently there are marks and scratches on them but I think it adds to the charm and overall feel of the pieces as historic miniatures.
I'm really proud that I completed the challenge - and all 31 paintings - and wanted to share a few with you here!
You can see them all over on my website 🖤
Thomas Wyatt, 'My Galley, Chargèd with Forgetfulness' (1557) (Translation of Petrarch's Sonnet 189)
this may be an entirely cold take but the poetry of Tom Wyatt does not live up to Hilary Mantel's hype about it.
THE TUDORS (2007-2010)
o endless wips and figments: graphics for plot ideas that may never see the light of day
Thomas the Rhymer -- Caught up in the deadly net of suspicion surrounding Anne Boleyn, Thomas Wyatt, literary giant of the Tudor court, remains trapped in the Tower anticipating his doom-- until a mysterious visitor appears with an unexpected offer of salvation. Long enamored with his work, the court of Faery loathes the potential loss of one of England's few great poets. To save himself and the other unfortunates imprisoned alongside him, Wyatt enters into an unholy bargain with Faery; spared on Earth, the seven prisoners are bound to serve in the fey court, a place as savage and unpredictable as Henry's own. Just as before, Wyatt must survive the intrigues and pitfalls of court and the whims of a mercurial monarch, armed only with his wits and his poetry-- and just maybe, find a way to escape Faery and take up his own life again.
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to bad we didn't get to see that dress more often