tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post5326803319942495698..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: King Charles II: Art and Power at the Queen’s GalleryHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67763914503242494082018-03-20T23:47:28.052+11:002018-03-20T23:47:28.052+11:00Olivia
many thanks. I hope the same is true for t...Olivia<br /><br />many thanks. I hope the same is true for the Charles II: Art and Power Exhibition. If his court became the centre for the patronage of leading artists and the collecting of great works of art, an even more leisurely pace will be essential.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-16663913102252102222018-03-20T17:39:12.912+11:002018-03-20T17:39:12.912+11:00Display is important. For a show of such scale, th...Display is important. For a show of such scale, this allows absorption of the narrative at leisurely pace. Charles I came to power at a time when the presence of art, let alone its production, was relatively scarce: only a century before, the English Reformation under Henry VIII had instigated a mass cull of images and image-making.<br /><br />An Art Collection Fit for an Executed King<br />in Hyperallergic<br /><br />Olivia McEwanhttps://hyperallergic.com/432172/art-collection-fit-executed-king/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66991561212137880442018-01-24T12:17:45.357+11:002018-01-24T12:17:45.357+11:00Before people visit the King Charles II exhibition...Before people visit the King Charles II exhibition, I would like to create a link to London Historians' Blog post on his father, King Charles I<br />https://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2018/01/23/charles-i-king-and-connoisseur/<br /><br />This week is the anniversary of the execution of Charles I in 1649 on a scaffold outside his beloved Banqueting House, the ceiling of which he commissioned Rubens to decorate with a paean to his father, James I, strongly emphasising the divine right of kings. The new exhibition at the Royal Academy: "Charles I: King and Collector" opens on Saturday and runs until 15 April.<br /><br />Apart from literature and to a lesser extent architecture and fashion, England lagged horribly behind Europe when it came to the visual arts, in the case of Italy by over a century. Charles set out to change all that. Having been exposed to the collection of Philip IV of Spain on a visit in 1623 the then Prince of Wales was hooked. The Spanish king gave him century-old portrait of his ancestor the Emperor Charles V by Titian – a spectacular gift. This painting features in the exhibition, next to the famous Velázquez portrait of Philip. Charles immediately became a serious collector, determined to have a collection the equal of any European prince. Among his many acquisitions he scooped up almost the entire collection of the once mighty Gonzaga family of Mantua.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11442737207242062682018-01-22T16:24:42.895+11:002018-01-22T16:24:42.895+11:00Anon
that was true for every royal, nobleman, car...Anon<br /><br />that was true for every royal, nobleman, cardinal, landowner and banker since time immemorial :( <br /><br />Charles II and his supporters lived in France and The Netherlands, and learned to love European flamboyant styles. After the Restoration, artists from the continent moved over the Channel to work in England.<br /><br />Did all the Restoration riches move into public galleries and royal palaces so that the nation could enjoy them? I hope so.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-59409070267526344522018-01-22T14:26:50.055+11:002018-01-22T14:26:50.055+11:00Charles was an over sexed prat who spent money on ...Charles was an over sexed prat who spent money on himself rather than on the nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-17008045303658365372018-01-22T10:15:48.219+11:002018-01-22T10:15:48.219+11:00Parnassus
certainly was. But the Royal Collection...Parnassus<br /><br />certainly was. But the Royal Collection Trust summarises the exhibition only as "Charles II: Art & Power includes over 220 paintings, drawings, books and works of art from the Royal Collection". Which books? Which writers? <br /><br />I imagine that after the bleak puritan years, King Charles II wanted to encourage poetry, journalism, novels and especially plays. Even the honour of naming a man of letters as Poet Laureate emerged again into the sunshine. <br /><br />And thank you Christopher Wren for building two beautiful new theatres for two new theatre companies.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-8812641624126221542018-01-22T01:16:22.756+11:002018-01-22T01:16:22.756+11:00Hello Hels, Not only was the Restoration a resurg...Hello Hels, Not only was the Restoration a resurgence in the arts, it was a great period for literature as well. Dryden is a foremost example; it was a great period especially for drama, with so many well-known authors.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-34058893909761602382018-01-21T23:38:45.917+11:002018-01-21T23:38:45.917+11:00Ex Pat
Now not to gossip, but Barbara Villiers wa...Ex Pat<br /><br />Now not to gossip, but Barbara Villiers was a hottie!!! She was born into a noble, Royalist family, her father being part of Charles I's army. Even when King Charles I was executed, her family remained loyal to the Prince of Wales, exiled into France. And she married into another Royalist family.<br /><br />But when the newly crowned King Charles II came to the throne, he had the gorgeous, sexy Barbara in bed almost instantly. She was rewarded with lots of King Charles' babies, a great position in court and a noble title for her husband.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-13315012861381469952018-01-21T23:30:29.019+11:002018-01-21T23:30:29.019+11:00bazza
the only thing I would debate is whether Ol...bazza<br /><br />the only thing I would debate is whether Oliver Cromwell was a critical signatory to the death warrant of Charles I. Cromwell certainly was a leader of the New Model Army in the second English civil war, helped repel the Royalist invasion of Scotland, and was a cause for Charles to surrender to a Scottish army. But when Charles was tried by the high court, he was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by 59 judges. Cromwell was just one of the 59.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-1584967109438217212018-01-21T23:20:03.945+11:002018-01-21T23:20:03.945+11:00Andrew
We can focus on three main eras. a] The co...Andrew<br /><br />We can focus on three main eras. a] The country was a stable monarchy until the Civil War started in 1642 then it was a very unstable monarchy until King Charles I was executed in 1649. <br /><br />b] The Civil War between Parliamentarians/Roundheads and Royalists/Cavaliers continued on off for years, finally ending with Parliamentarian victory in battle. The dead king's son was exiled to the Continent and in place of the monarchy, the Commonwealth of England and then the Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell and then his son Richard ruled (1649–1659). <br /><br />c] Parliament met in early 1660, King Charles II returned from exile in May 1660 and the monarchy was restored for ever (I think). So although the republic seemed to have a large impact, it really only lasted a short time.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66750702708655445272018-01-21T20:55:53.605+11:002018-01-21T20:55:53.605+11:00Barbara Villiers looked beautiful in her Lely port...Barbara Villiers looked beautiful in her Lely portrait, but I am not certain that she was very popular in court. Charles had a lot of mistresses.Ex Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87710788691522991892018-01-21T20:47:02.576+11:002018-01-21T20:47:02.576+11:00Andrew: To say that Cromwell was anti-royal is a m...Andrew: To say that Cromwell was anti-royal is a massive understatement! He was a religious puritan and was a signatory to the death warrant of Charles I.bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18294542557147233382018-01-21T20:15:46.014+11:002018-01-21T20:15:46.014+11:00My English history knowledge is very poor. England...My English history knowledge is very poor. England in the 1600s was republic! So Cromwell must have been anti royal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com