The Story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors Told by Huw Wheldon in a series of nine programmes 3:Charles I
Charles I was the greatest patron of the arts to occupy the British throne. With paintings by Titian, Raphael. Caravaggio, and many other masters of the Italian Renaissance Charles I enriched the Royal Collection. As patron of Inigo Jones he encouraged a new architecture two centuries in advance of its time. In Van Dyck he had a painter who reflected the majesty of his court, the tender relationships in his family and the exalted aloofness which helped lead to his execution.
A fascinating programme
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A lovely and colourful document to match the Jubilee Year (DAILY EXPRESS) Historical adviser j. H. PLUMB Producer MICHAEL GILL Director DAVID HEYCOCK