The Renaissance
In 1611 at the age of 47 his plays already made success on the stages, so he retired to his
native town. Between many plays and poems he wrote are a midsummer night's dream ,
hamlet and etc.
Queen Elizabeth I portrait "The Ermine Portrait". Painted in 1585 by Nicholas Hilliard. In the
collection of the Marquess of Salisbury; On Display at Hatfield House.
Nicholas Hilliard (um 1547 - 1619)The Armada (1588)280 x 118 cm (110,0 x 46,2
inches)Technique oil on canvas London, Society of Apothecaries
This woodcut from 1568 shows the left printer removing a page from the press while the one
at right inks the text-blocks. Such a duo could reach 14,000 hand movements per working
day, printing around 3,600 pages in the process.
In this painting, done in London in 1533, Hans Holbein freeze-frames the Renaissance world.
Two young men stand next to an array of objects that signify discovery, knowledge and the
arts
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