Portraits, painters, and publics in provincial England 1540-1640 Tittler, Robert. creator text bibliography Electronic books. History. enk Oxford Oxford University Press 2012 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations Robert Tittler investigates the growing affinity for secular portraiture in Tudor and early Stuart England, a cultural and social phenomenon which can be said to have produced a 'public' for that genre. The book places portrait patronage and production in this era in the broad social and cultural context of post-Reformation England, and it distinguishes between native English provincial portraiture, which was often highly vernacular, and foreign-influenced portraiture of the court and metropolis that tended towards the formal and 'polite'. Introduction -- English portraiture in context -- Locating the public -- Provincial painters -- Painters' resources: material and cultural -- Heraldry and portraiture -- The provincial vocabulary: 'props' and their meaning -- Varieties of regional experience -- Conclusion. specialized Robert Tittler. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk-en Portrait painting, English 16th century Portrait painting, English 17th century Art patronage England History 16th century Art patronage England History 17th century Peinture de portraits anglaise 17e siècle Mécénat Angleterre Histoire 16e siècle Mécénat Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle Art patronage Portrait painting, English England Bildnismalerei Region England Visual Arts Art, Architecture & Applied Arts Painting 1500-1699 fast ND1314.2 757.094209031 9780191804526 0191804525 0199585601 9780199585601 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/8416 STBDS 150210 20260319163126.9 in00005714121 eng