What the Tudors Did for Us — Season 1, Episode 3: Seeyng the Worlde
Documentary • 23 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Among many enduring Tudor inventions were the pencil, enabled by the discovery in Wales of what for the long time would be the only graphite pit in Britain, the telescope, perspective and oil paints, applied to create pictures of unprecedented realism using the camera obscura.
About What the Tudors Did for Us
What the Tudors Did for Us is a 2002 BBC documentary series that examines the impact of the Tudor period on modern society.