A Bloody Queen: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Construction of an Afterlife

This talk took place at Splendour: Adornment, Bodies, Gender in Early Modern Europe, a public-facing event at the Queen's House, Royal Museums Greenwich on 28 June 2019. Exploring Mary, Queen of Scots' legacy and image-making, the talk discussed 16th and 17th century portraiture, jewellery, textiles and fashions alongside contemporary responses created by Glasgow School of Art Textiles and Silversmithing & Jewellery students during the Splendour project (The Glasgow School of Art / The Queen's House, Royal Museums Greenwich, 2019). The afternoon of talks also featured Beatriz Chadour-Sampson and Dr Kit Heyam, with performances by artist Anja Olofgors and interventions by GSA students and Christopher Green. Staging Splendid Bodies in Early Modern Scotland and England is a creative brief and an exploration of adornment and fashion, as tools for the expression of love, power and politics. It has been created with The Glasgow School of Art involving more than 150 students and staff