Dr Christina Faraday

My proofs have arrived and #AGoldenWorld is now available to preorder! How did Indigenous peoples and knowledge enter into Tudor & Stuart art, literature, and fashion – and at what cost?

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#earlymodern #Tudors

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Oooh-- now you can see Mat Collishaw's 'Mask of Youth' for yourself*, and ask, as I did, 'Does a Face Have Ears?'
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*if you are in Cambridge, UK, before 19 April

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!

Exhibition explores Tudor legacies in contemporary art ‘Tudor Contemporary’, the first multidisciplinary exhibition to focus on the legacies of Tudor history and art in contemporary artistic practice is on display

Read about Tudor Contemporary at The Heong Gallery, @downingcollege.bsky.social, Cambridge: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

TUDOR CONTEMPORARY now open at The Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge. Free to visit, open Weds-Sun 12-5pm, until 19 April.
Image: Mat Collishaw, Mask of Youth, 2018.

Thank you Janet - so sorry again to miss you!

More info: www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-art...

Close up of contemporary Bellarmine jug by Serena Korda, with grimacing bearded face, large green toads clinging to the sides.

Close up of Mat Collishaw’s Mask of Youth, a silicon animatronic face of Elizabeth I, with detail of slightly open mouth, wonky teeth and fine downy hairs on chin and upper lip.

Face and ruff of Natasja Kensmil’s Elizabeth I, painted photo negative style and almost monochrome except for red in the hair and mouth.

Close up of Korean photographer Chan-Hyo Bae dressed as Henry VIII, with blood running down the side of his face from beneath his red wig. The top of a gold throne in the background.

TUDOR CONTEMPORARY opens at The Heong Gallery, @downingcollege.bsky.social, Cambridge in two days! I’m so excited to share these amazing artworks with you. Here’s a sneak peek - free to visit, runs to 19th April.

Aww thank you! See you tomorrow!

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A photo of the review in the LRB paper with an image of Holbein’s Lady with a Squirrel and the top of the Elizabethan portrait of Moroccan Ambassador Al Annuri

Close up of review paragraph reading: Two new books offer a welcome contribution to our understanding of this fractured legacy. Christina Faraday's lively history of the Tudor visual world examines not just the 'fine arts' of painting and sculpture, but the wider decorative arts, bringing in works as diverse as manuscripts, samplers, armour and candle-snuffers to tell the story of art between the accession of Henry VII in 1485 and the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Elizabeth Goldring has produced a superb biography of Hans Holbein the Younger. While many important studies have focused on Holbein's work in either Basel or England, Goldring looks at his life as a whole and draws new information from scant archival sources.

Delighted with The Story of Tudor Art’s latest review in the current issue of the @lrb.co.uk! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

There's still time to book for my in-person study course at Madingley Hall, a beautiful Tudor manor house in Cambridge, next weekend! We'll be diving deeper into the stories behind some of the artworks in my book The Story of Tudor Art. Join me here: www.pace.cam.ac.uk/courses/tudo...

An excellent research opportunity for someone - the collections at Chatsworth really wonderful and significant.

St Peter's, Raunds is known for its fabulous 15thC wall paintings which include the remnants of what must have been an enormous rood.
Six angels remain surrounding where the crucifixion would have been sited, it's still incredibly impressive.
#WednesdayWallPaintings

UK Research and Innovation Arts and Humanities Research Council Executive Chair Candidate Prospectus January 2026

Important! AHRC is looking for a new Executive Chair. A critical role for arts and humanities. £160k - £170k. Please share widely to help get the best possible field!
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Haha, probably, though Katherine actually adopted the English spelling herself when she arrived in England so in this case I think it’s justified!

Tonight! I’m very excited to talk about five fascinating Tudor women and the way they used art to shape their identities.

@cjfaraday.bsky.social, I finished The Story of Tudor Art! It was fabulous. I especially loved the chapters on Mary I's art and the evolution of religious #art. #Tudors #history #Renaissance

Hooray! I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻

How Tudor England coped with culture shock Christina J. Faraday’s history of the period through objects reveals the extent to which art underwent a revolution, writes Edward Town

‘By the time Elizabeth I’s reign ended, [artists] had attained a status in society that would have been difficult to imagine when the queen’s grandfather Henry VII took the throne in 1485.’

Edward Town on culture shock in Tudor England

Giving this a boost. Grateful for the suggestions so far and wondering if anyone has additional ideas.

What do we know about interactions between #earlymodern elites and the people who helped manage their property and interests?

Outside the Level 2 Reading Room in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk there is a wellbeing display. Here are some it's little zines that genuinely made me smile.

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Talk: Art for Tudor Queens In this talk we’ll look at the portraits and belongings of five royal women across the Tudor century.

On Sunday evening I'll be speaking at Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Katherine of Aragon Festival, asking: how was art used to shape the identities and reputations of five amazing Tudor royal women? I hope you can join me! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-art-f...

My brother is the clever one @nearlyoscar.bsky.social

Do X thing or do the X thing 😆

Ah I was reading it! Which version do you recommend?