Crown, Country and the Struggle for Cultural Supremacy

How did the balance of power between the aristocracy and the monarchy shift from the 16th to the 19th-century in regards to art and architecture?

A lecture by Simon Thurley CBE, Visiting Professor of the Built Environment 3 April 2019

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The fourth lecture in this series considers Britain’s unique cultural development and how the changing balance of power and wealth between the aristocracy and the monarchy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century has fundamentally influenced today’s national cultural landscape of art and architecture.

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