On friday myself and a coach full of 50 other Hair and Make Up first years ventured to central London. Our most important aim of the day was to gain inpsiration for our indiviudal projects by visiting 'The Real Tudors: Kings & Queens Redicovered' exhibiton at the National Portrait Gallery. What Id like to say first about this exhibition is how amazing was to be able to see such iconic portraits in person. Many of the portraits Ive researched so far were on display and it was quite magnificient being able to see them for all their glory and magnifence.
Take for example this portrait from 1600, in this image Elizabeth sits on her thrown in her coronation robes holding an orb and ceptre. In real life the colours in the painting are far more vivid than photos sourced on the internet.
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What I noticed upon personal inspection of this painting is how rich certain tones are. for example the red in the rubies that adorn her crown, jewellery and dress. I find this to be a very poignant aspect of the painting as red traditionally was a colour that when worn denoted wealth as it was an incredibly expensive colour to source in the 15th century. Likewise, I find the tone of yellow, alike to that of turmeric, is incredibly saturated and and due to the abundance of it, gives the portrait a great allure of royalty.
What I think Ill take from this portrait is the colours I have to be key in this representation of Elizabeth.
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