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GS311:

History of Material Culture

English and Northern Renaissance


Printing Press, 1450
Gutenberg Bible 1454
Council of
Constance,
1414-1418

declared that a council


gets its authority
directly from God, and
even a pope must obey
Pope Alexander VI
(Rodrigo Borgia),
1492-1503

Had 7 children;
reprimanded for
participating in orgies
Pope Julius II,
1503-1513

Julius’ tomb by Michelangelo


anti-Church propaganda
Martin Luther as the
devil, tempting Jesus in
the wilderness, 1547
new church of St. Peter’s, Rome—built 1546-1564
Old way of gaining forgiveness for sins:
• confession
• contrition
• penance
new way: writ of absolution
Johann Tetzel selling indulgences to finance the new church
countinghouse of Jacob Fugger

filing cabinet

slashed clothing

table with stretchers


Martin Luther
sparked a revolt
Luther posting his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church,
1517
Frederick the Wise, Duke of Saxony
Luther’s protector

Venetian trunk hose with slashings


Dutch interior, 1631 ruffs, coifs, slashed sleeves
St. Jerome in his Study
Lucas Cranach, 1526

x-form table
bottle-glass window
pewter
x-form
table from the Rhineland (Germany), 1500
low stretchers
preparing for a marriage feast
Swiss bed with timber canopy
cabinet with writing table
1520, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France meet on the
Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais
The English Renaissance:
Henry VIII

• padded shoulders
• bombast
• codpiece
• stuffed hose
• duckbill shoes
Pieter Brueghel’s Wedding Dance. 1566. Note codpieces.
Catherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn
Hampton Court

oriel window, Tudor arch


Wolsey’s closet

linenfold paneling
doorway with Tudor arch

window glass
Great Hall with hammerbeam ceiling
kitchen at Hampton Court
Forde Abbey, Cistercian monastery since 1146
cloisters at Forde Abbey
enclosed in glass for rainy days
Forde Abbey chapel with
renaissance screen
staircase at Forde Abbey with
renaissance newel post
Henry died 1547;
succeeded by his son,
Edward, a Protestant, 10
years old; he dies at 16
Lady Jane Grey, protestant
queen for nine days

farthingale
detachable sleeves
pomander
Mary Tudor
(“Bloody Mary”)
1553-1558
277 protestants burned during Mary’s reign
1554, marriage portrait of
Mary and Philip II of Spain
Elizabeth at age 13
daughter of Anne Boleyn
The Ermine portrait
Elizabeth I in procession to Blackfriars
The Sieve portrait
“Allegory of the Tudor Succession”
The Armada portrait
bagpipe sleeves
Montacute House--entrance

Tudor arch
Montacute House, long gallery
Montacute House,
iron fireback

tulips
classical urn
banqueting house, Montacute
Hardwick Hall

more glass than stone


Hardwick great hall
Little Moreton Hall
oriel window

Little Moreton
refectory table with French influence

animal legs
low stretchers
Parham Park, built 1577
Parham Park Great Hall
Parham Park Great Hall
Bassingthorpe Manor, 1569

stepped gable
massed chimneys
decoration in white plaster
armchair with velvet back,
leather seat
crested armchair, 1600

paneled wall
farthingale chair with
chamfered corners

low stretchers
spindle chair
spring pole lathe 1436
oak country chair
court cupboard (short)

chip-carved

watermelon turnings
chip-carved chest with tulips
draw table in oak

watermelon turnings,
low stretchers
table with folding top and leg
Great Bed of Ware (sleeps 8)

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