What is your favourite painting from the Elizabethan era?

Although I'm not nearly as well-acquainted with Elizabethan art as I'd like to be, I'm a fan of portrait miniatures. So I'd prolly go with something like Hilliard's depiction of Sir Walter Raleigh: Just look at the intricacy of that ruff! read more

Although I’m not nearly as well-acquainted with Elizabethan art as I’d like to be, I’m a fan of portrait miniatures. So I’d prolly go with something like Hilliard’s depiction of Sir Walter Raleigh: Just look at the intricacy of that ruff! read more

The costume materials included armour, embroidery, ruffs, hunting gear, weapons and lace. Artifical and decorative style was the main view of art and painting in general in the Elizabethan Era. Miniatures and Portraits Some of the most famous pieces of art in the Elizabethan Era were miniature paintings. read more

There was no right to free speech or freedom of the press in the Elizabethan Era in England, and it was highly dangerous to write, paint, or even sing about issues of the current time and day. So artists and writers found ways to indirectly represent current issues and problems. read more