Author: HICKS, CAROLA
Title: The King's glass : a story of Tudor power and secret art / Carola Hicks
Description: London : Chatto & Windus 2007. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.Physical description; ix. 246 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.). ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index. Summary; Each year more than 250.000 people visit the Chapel of King's College. Cambridge. one of Europe's best-known buildings. This book tells the untold story of the Chapel's crowning glory. its stained glass windows. and of the people who created them - the triumphant culmination of a project completed despite wars. the death of kings and violent religious conflict. The glass symbolises the power of the Tudors. and is a mirror of their souls. Planned by Henry VII and continued by Henry VIII. the windows are dynastic propaganda. simultaneously blatant and subtle. boasting the ancient lineage of an upstart monarchy. Their unfolding scenes honoured the Catholic faith that Henry VIII was challenging in the 1530s. when he made himself head of the church to marry Anne Boleyn.The windows show how Henry commemorated his wives in art. then airbrushed them out when they fell from favour. and how he recruited leading artists to make this England's response to the Sistine Chapel. The great 'King's Glass' also flaunts the skills of its makers. many of them innovative immigrants. It is a tale of guilds and artisans as well as of the court. It is. too. a history of England. reflecting change. conflict and modernity in the sixteenth century. Exploring the stories behind these luminous treasures. this fascinating book. as vivid as a novel. uncovers the power struggles behind the beauty of the past. Biography; Carola Hicks. a former Curator of the Stained Glass Museum. teaches art history at Cambridge University. Her books include Animals in Medieval Art. Discovering Stained Glass; Improper Pursuits. a biography of the scandalous 18th-century artist Lady Di Beauclerk. and the acclaimed The Bayeux Tapestry: the Life Story of a Masterpiece. Subjects; King's College (University of Cambridge). Chapel. Glass painting and staining — England — Cambridge. Art. Tudor. History in art. Glass painting and staining. Renaissance — England — Cambridge. Great Britain — History — Tudors. (1485-1603). Cambridge. King's College. Glass. King's College Cambridge. Chapel. Glass. Glass. Cambridge. stained glass. Tudors. Cambridge. King's College Chapel. Renaissance art ; Handicrafts ; Modelling (in clay. wax & other plastic materials) ; British & Irish history: (c 1500 to c 1700). Crafts & Hobbies / Glass & Glassware. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Weight in Kg appr.:

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