BLVRD Features brings you augmented reality experiences about compelling artworks from museums and cultural institutions around the world, informed by the curators, educators, and conservators who know them best. Place iconic paintings, drawings, photographs and more in your space. Get close to these objects, and discover things about history, visual communication, and the creative process that you never even considered. Our latest feature explores a late-16th century portrait of Elizabeth I, known as the “Coronation Portrait,” from London’s National Portrait Gallery. This fascinating, highly symbolic oil painting, likely made at the end of the Tudor queen’s life, reveals a great deal about the pomp and circumstance of her lengthy reign, as well as how portraiture served strategically as a way for the sovereign to shape her image, assert power, and maintain the loyalty of her subjects.

BLVRD Features will continue to deliver a steady stream of single-serving episodes unpacking the magic and meaning of important works of art, so check back regularly and keep your app up to date. Open up great art in AR, and see what unfolds.