King's Glass A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art

Name: King's Glass A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art
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ISBN: 9781845951870

ISBN-10: 1845951875

ISBN-13: 9781845951870

Edition: 2012

Authors: Carola Hicks

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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…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 9/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English