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In #Tudor Times, even the colours one wore showed off their status.
Only those of the highest rank could wear:
- gold
- silver
- crimson
- indigo blue/violet
- deep black
- pure white
Stumbled across a most curious website, the artofmarkevans, which includes some interesting takes on the Tudors.
Lenticular art is a technique where one image ‘flips’ to another.
Check out his #AnneBoleyn who he describes as: “Pretty, clever, chic, sharp-tongued & ambitious.”
“On 19/5/1536, a French sword stilled the beating heart 💔 of an English Queen 👑.
Her name was #AnneBoleyn & she would become 1 of the most controversial & iconic Queens in English history.”
“In the footsteps of #AnneBoleyn”, @TheTTGuide & @OntheTudorTrail.
Honeysuckle & acorns were chosen by #AnneBoleyn & #Henry8 as their private motif.
honeysuckle = devoted affection & happiness
acorn = life & fertility
The motif decorated their private apartments, seen on their bed curtains, cushions & carpets as well as their clothes.
#AnneBoleyn’s music 🎶 book that has come down to us is a mix of sacred & secular music, with a strong French flavour.
It features both unknown & the greatest composers of the 16th c, some of who AB personally knew or patronised.
Did AB bring it from France to England in 1521?