ELIZABETH I CULTURE Flashcards
WHAT is the Elizabethan culture often called?
A “Golden Age”
WHAT was significant about the appeal of many aspects of culture under Elizabeth?
Many aspects, particularly dramatic literature (e.g. Shakespeare), appealed both to the eliite and the general public
WHAT aspects of art flourished under Elizabeth I?
- Formal portraiture (increased amount of people, particularly gentry, could afford it)
- Portrait miniature became popular
WHO was a popular portrait miniature artist under Elizabeth I?
Nicholas Hilliard
WHY may some say there was not a Golden Age under Elizabeth regarding art?
Elizabethan England did not have as talented artists as Henry VIII’s England did (for example, an influential artist under his reign was Holbein)
HOW did architecture flourish under Elizabeth?
- Courtiers and other wealthy people commissioned extravagant building projects (as there was more land available after the dissolution of the monasteries)
- There was the first named English architect in this period, Robert Smythson
WHO were some prominent dramatists in Elizabethan England?
Shakespeare, Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe
HOW did literature flourish in Elizabethan England?
- Increased education led to a more literate and sophisticated public
- Acting companies were patronised by courtiers
- Some prose writers (e.g. Philip Sidney) influenced wider culture with the modernisation of the language
WHY may some say there was not a Golden Age under Elizabeth regarding literature?
- Frequent demand for wide-interest plays may have produced lower quality works
- Prose literature had a narrow readership
- Some prose authors (e.g. Sidney) were regarded as political outsiders due to their critiques of the court in their work.
WHAT book was popular amongst Puritans in Elizabethan England?
Foxes ‘Book of Martyrs’
HOW did Elizabeth encouage a musical culture in England?
- The religious settlement preserved the musical culture in English cathedrals and Oxbridge colleges
- Courtiers had to be musically talented
WHAT musicaly form emerged under Elizabeth I?
The madrigal, popularised in the court
HOW was music enjoyed locally in Elizabethan England?
Many towns had official bands (called ‘waits’) which performed at both formal and informal occasions
WHAT type of music was discouraged in Elizabethan England?
Catholic music (e.g. the work of William Byrd, who made music for the Church of England and composed Catholic music in secret)
