Patronage - influence on drama, music and poetry Flashcards
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How did tudor drama, music and poetry work?
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- largely dependent on the support of the monarch and nobility
- A patron would pay an annuity to a writer , musciian or artist to fund them. They may also give them employment at court/ in their household
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Henry and culture
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- Employed Hand Holbein (highly renowned!) to be his court painter. Paid 30 pounds a year.
- projected image of kingship and the Tudor dynasty
- Most famous work was the huge mural at the palace of Whitehall - represented the version of Henry and his family that he wanted to show the world
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Elizabeth and culture
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- enjoyed aristis who would potray her as she wanted e.g. Nicholas Hillard
- Role was to project the correct image to England and Europe
- as she grew older and was still umarried, from the 1580s esp there was increasing threats of cath plots and invasion
- to preserve the myth of the agless Gloriana the ‘Virgin Queen,’ HIllard used the ‘mask of youth’ to paint her
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The purpose of the artists
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- Under the patronage of the Tudor monarhcs, there was some development of new styles and techniques, but that was not what they were employed for
- Their careers depended on showing the monarchs in the best light possible
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Patronage under the nobles (art)
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- nobles would also sometimes employ them to paint them and their families
- though most were interested in different forms of culture, some like Earl of Leicester had a collection of 220 pics
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Patronage in drama and poetry
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- common for the monarchs and nobility to maintani a troope of ‘players’ (actors) who would spend some of the year touring the countryside
- Both Thomas Howard and his wife and Henry VIII had their own
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what was the main role of the patron in drama?
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- Provide protection against arrests as vagabonds
- After the poor law of 1572 there were even harsher penalities for vagabonds
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Patronage for writers/poets
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- if a writer was successful, a patron would promote his career and hope to gain fame and prestige through his writing
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patronage of music
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- also important
- Elizabeth was fond of music and emplpued about 60 musciians in her chapel Royal and company of the Queen’s musick
- employed major composers such as Thomas Tallis ans William Byrd
- all this was helpful in reviving music since its decline following the reformation
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why was patronage so important for tudor monarchs?
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- allowed them to control their popular image and spread propaganda
- however, because they were keen to control their image so closely, this could lead to the supression of new methods and styles
- i.e.e HIllard was considered very backward by European standards, esp in his use of perspective
- royal patronage was a way for painters to advance, but also it reinforced Englan’d cultural conservatism and isolation
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How did royal and noble patronage help ease the effects of the reformation
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- filled the gap left by the catholic church after the refomation
- Before their dissolution in the 1530s, monasteries were important centres of learning, while the church was also a major employer of aristis and musicians
- PAtronage ensured these cultural traditions survived and developed in new directions
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examples of the benefits of patronage on culture
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- poets such as Sidney and Spenser allowed new styles of poetry to floruish such as the sonnet and blank verse
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Limits to the effects of noble patronage
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- experimentation with new styles of poetry had actually begun in HEnrys reign with the work of Wyatt and Henry Howard
- In addition, developements in music, poetry and drama were also a result of wider social change
- The renaissance, with its focus on ancient greek and roman culture, encouraged new interst in polyphonic music and in poetic styles
The refomration added to these changes
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Overall consensus
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- As the catholic church no longer dominated or controleld art and culture, more experimentation could take place
- increasing use of the prinint press allowed a range of music and literature to be pulished, both religious and secular
