Making Art in Tudor Britain - Workshop 1
Making Art in Tudor Britain
Abstracts from Academic Workshops
(2007-8)
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
Workshop 1
(September 2007)
Histories of Artistic Practice in Tudor England:
the research landscape, methodologies and uses of technical evidence
This workshop explored the historical and intellectual contexts for technical analysis of paintings and examined the methodology of the Making Art in Tudor Britain project. The workshop looked at the following research questions:
What information can be gained from technical analysis and what models do we have for interpreting the findings?
How can the investigation of painting materials inform our understanding of artistic practice and the meanings and functions of art objects?
How important is the concept of authorship in interpreting visual imagery at this date?
What were the contemporary agendas that influenced the production and appearance of painting?
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Historiographies
for Painting in Tudor Britain
Maurice Howard, Professor of Art History, University of
Sussex
What can be gained by
technical analysis? The example of the Luttrell portrait attributed
to Hans Eworth
Aviva Burnstock, Head of Conservation,
The Courtauld Institute, University of London
Paint
analysis as a tool for understanding artistic process
Libby Sheldon, Lecturer in History of Art with Material
Studies, UCL
Dendrochronology & the
NPG's Tudor panel paintings
Ian Tyers, Independent Scientist
Tudor and Stuart paintings
and drawings at TATE
Karen Hearn, Curator of 16th and 17th Century British
Art, Tate Britain
Technical
Analysis of Tudor and Stuart Portraits at the Tate
Rica Jones, Conservation
Department, Tate Britain
English
Painting Practice, reconciling documentary evidence and technical
analysis
Tarnya Cooper, Curator,
sixteenth-century collections, National Portrait Gallery
Questioning
the Categories: The Medieval Religious Background to the Tudor
Portrait
Gervase Rosser, St.
Catherine's College, Oxford
The
AHRC / NPG
Nigel Llewellyn, Head
of Research, Tate National
