The Ambassadors: Great Art Explained

My National Gallery Guide is here - https://shorturl.at/pA542 My new Podcast can be found here! https://lnk.bio/primoandpayne My book Great Art Explained is ready to order now worldwide US - https://a.co/d/52C1D6c UK - https://amzn.eu/d/6EoTxjs Spain - https://www.fnac.pt/Obras-maestras-explicadas-James-Payne/a13465192 Also available in many other countries Latin and Central America India now, China and Korea soon In 1533, all eyes were on London. Henry VIII was about to break with the Catholic Church, marry Anne Boleyn, and change the course of English history forever. Spies gathered intelligence, diplomats traded secrets, and alliances shifted by the day. At the heart of this political storm, two French ambassadors were immortalised by Hans Holbein in what has become one of the most mysterious paintings of the Renaissance. But who were these men? Why was the painting commissioned? And could this extraordinary image have done more than record history? Could it have helped shape it? IMPORTANT! Subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePD... I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular Alan Stewart, Alexander Velser, AMSN, Andrei Surei, Anja Zeutschel, Bria Nicole Art, Brian J Rich, David Asabreu, Ed Gobbi, "Elias', Eric Mann, Francis Song, Griffin Evans, Jemma Theivendran, Joe Kool, Jon Hanzen, Julio Cardenas, Kibibi Shaw, Louise Tait, Matthew Bondaryk, Mitch Kosowski, Monte St Johns, New Curiosity, Paul Ark, Paul Waterman, Daniel Rakovski, Sam Blakelock, Sean Welgemoed, Stephen Beresford, Tanya Moore, Theresa Garfink, and Toni Ko. "What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter (X) CREDITS Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88) Recording by Robert Lewis Script co-written with Laura Beardsell-Moore VIDEOS All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them. MUSIC Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 FILMS Anna Boleyn, 1920 The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933 A Man for all Seasons, 1966 The Other Boleyn Girl, 2008 TV CLIPS Full videos available on YouTube Henry VIII, 2003 BOOKS The Foreign Invention of British Art: From Renaissance to Enlightenment by Leslie Primo (Highly recommended) Holbein: Renaissance Master by Elizabeth Goldring (Highly recommended) The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein by Franny Moyle Holbein: Masters of Art by Florian Heine Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.