The royal court dominated patronage of the visual arts in the Tudor and Jacobean periods. Tom Duncan will explore the one major Tudor royal palace to survive; Hampton Court' its design and furnishing, and trace its influence on the emergence of grand domestic architecture such as the extraordinary Hardwick Hall, built for Bess of Hardwick. Under James I, new ideas flowed in from Italy, France and the Low Countries, this new ‘Court’ style encouraged by Lord Arundel and his contemporaries, masterminded by the architect Inigo Jones.