Painting for a Living in Tudor and Early Stuart England (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History, 43)

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A rare examination of the political, social, and economic contexts in which painters in Tudor and Early Stuart England lived and worked While famous artists such as Holbein, Rubens, or Van Dyck are all known for their creative periods in England or their employment at the English court, they still had to make ends meet, as did the less well-known practitioners of their craft. This book, by one of the leading historians of Tudor and Stuart England, sheds light on the daily concerns, practices, and activities of many of these painters. Drawing on a biographical database comprising nearly 3000 painters and craftsmen - strangers and native English, Londoners and provincial townsmen, men and sometimes women, celebrity artists and 'mere painters' - this book offers an account of what it meant to paint for a living in early modern England. It considers the origins of these painters as well as their geographical location, the varieties of their expertise, and the personnel and spatial arrangements of their workshops. Engagingly written, the book captures a sense of mobility and exchange between England and the continent through the considerable influence of stranger-painters, undermining traditional notions about the insular character of this phase in the history of English art. By showing how painters responded to the greater political, religious, and economic upheavals of the time, the study refracts the history of England itself through the lens of this particular occupation. 01.0_pp_i_iv_Frontmatter 02.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 03.0_pp_vii_vii_Contents 04.0_pp_viii_ix_List_of_Illustrations 05.0_pp_x_xi_Preface 06.0_pp_xii_xiii_Acknowledgements 07.0_pp_xiv_xiv_Editorial_Conventions_and_Abbreviations 08.0_pp_1_2_Introduction 08.1_pp_3_9_Introduction_Priming_the_Canvas 08.2_pp_10_18_Painters_before_the_Reformation 09.0_pp_19_20_Kinds_of_People 09.1_pp_21_54_The_Stranger-Painters 09.2_pp_55_85_The_Painter-Stainers_Company_of_London 09.3_pp_86_112_Provincial_Painters 10.0_pp_113_114_Particular_Specialities 10.1_pp_115_138_Arms_Painters 10.2_pp_139_156_Glass_Painters 11.0_pp_157_158_Ways_and_Means 11.1_pp_159_189_The_Workshop_Personnel 11.2_pp_190_203_The_Workshop_Space 11.3_pp_204_230_The_Business_of_Painting 12.0_pp_231_232_Conclusion 12.1_pp_233_242_An_Occupation_in_Transition 13.0_pp_243_270_Bibliography 14.0_pp_271_286_Index 15.0_pp_287_288_STUDIES_IN_EARLY_MODERN_CULTURAL_POLITICAL_AND_SOCIAL_HISTORY