Chapter 15: English Renaissance PDF

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Professor: Susan Haifleigh....

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Chapter 15: English Renaissance ● Architecture, interiors, and furniture gradually change from Gothic to Renaissance ● More eclectic than other countries ● More influence from Flanders & France than Italy ● Mannerism define ○ Learn of Renaissance from pattern books, foreign craftsmen, trade & travel ● Exception: Classicism of Inigo Jones Concepts: Italian ideas & influences mingle with French & Flemish ● Unique to England ○ Designs- assemblages from variety of artisans ○ Individually, distinctiveness ● Last country to adopt Renaissance ● Little first-hand contact with Renaissance ○ Never completely classical ○ Inigo Jones’ work was an exception, but few followers Characteristics and Motifs: ● Tudor (1495-1558)- late Gothic with some Renaissance elements; some symmetry & order ● Elizabethan (1558-1603)- Mannerist & classical elements; order, symmetry; lavish decoration especially in interiors and furniture ● Jacobean (1603-1642)- Similar to Elizabethan but less individuality & more stylistic unity; interiors lavishly decorated but simpler furniture ● Motifs: tudor roses, strapwork, grotesques, anthacus, leaves, vines, heraldic symbols, roundels, potibut busts, odelisles ● Paneling, linenfold, composite, arcaded ● Architectural features- columns, pediments, arcades Architecture: ● Gradual application of Renaissance details & details borrow from many sources than Italian ● Share climate differences with France ● Building types: mansions, manor houses, townhouses unlike Italy and France ● Tudor- less fortified and formal than earlier but continue to center on courtyards, irregular facades, roofs, windows; half timber construction; military elements ● Elizabethan- lower stories horizontal & regular; picturesque roofs; classical details on ornamental fronts ● Quoins-> corners that look like ladders Interiors: Not wholly Renaissance but selected, mostly Mannerist, details ● Copied from pattern books, executed by foreign craftsmen ● Assemblages of decorative elements and lack unity of other countries ○ France, Flanders, Germany, more influential than Italy

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Tudor- largely medieval, somber; some classical details Elizabethan- exuberant, brilliant colors, nearly every surface decorated; classical Mannerist details more evident Jacobean- continue Elizabethan exuberant Mannerism; Jones’ work the exception

Furnishings and Decorative Arts: ● Gradual application of Renaissance forms and motifs to indigenoua English furniture ● Rooms sparsely furnished ● Tudor- similar to medieval form and decoration; Renaissance mixes with Gothic; Romayne work ● Elizabethan- massive, heavy proportions, rich carving, & inlay; strong Flemish influence along with classical ○ Heavy, carved bulbous support definitive feature; strapwork, geometric inlay, gadrooning ○ Textiles provide color & interest ● Jacobean- continues Elizabethan but similar & more naturalistic carving; strapwork, applied pendants, split baluster turnings...