Post #4

I really enjoyed looking and the portraits on www.marileecody.com. I thought it was really cool that she included short bios and background information with each of the pictures to put them into context. I found myself spending a lot of time just looking at them, and all week I was going back to examine the Tudor Dynasty more in depth to try and glean a glimpse of what makes this family so extraordinary. My favorite image what that of Katharine of Aragon as a pretty young woman looking pensively downwards. I have always thought of Katharine as an older woman desperately clinging on to her faith and a husband who wants nothing more than to be rid of her. But this portrait of her really moved me and changed my entire opinion of her. I see her here as a young woman who was born and bred absolutely to be a Queen. It makes me so angry that Henry wanted to take away from her her sole purpose for living. Its amazing how an image can evoke such strong feelings.