Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547

Alternative title: Glory of Gothic, The
Synopsis: An introduction to the art of late medieval England and the early years of the Renaissance. This is the age of the Hundred Years’ War, the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudors. Under kings from Henry IV to Henry VIII, artists in England produced dazzling illuminated manuscripts, exquisite jewels and devotional images and sculptures.

Featuring many of the exhibits in the V&A exhibition, Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547 also reveals the glories of Perpendicular architecture: the Beauchamp Chapel in Warwick, King’s College, Cambridge and Henry VII’s Chapel at Westminster Abbey, as well as some of the greatest parish churches.

Historians offer interpretations of the period and discuss patronage, England’s artistic relations with Europe, and the fundamental importance of the Church and of attitudes to death.

This film is an extended edition of the programme THE GLORY OF GOTHIC, commissioned for Five.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2003
Year of production: 2003
Notes: An extended version of the programme THE GLORY OF GOTHIC, broadcast on Five on 14/10/2003
Subjects: Architecture; Art; History
Keywords: architecture - English; art - British; Gothic style; history of art; history of Britain; medieval art; Middle Ages

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