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English Renaissance Flashcards

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English Renaissance

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Mid 16th-17th Century

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Tudor

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1485-1603

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Until Elizabeth I Renaissance was

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NOT influential

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Elizabeth I

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(1558-1603)

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1580’s Elizabeth I decided to make England…

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the most powerful state in Europe

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How did England become powerful

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Focused on navy, built ships

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English country houses

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emerged as a new type Accepting part of Italian Renaissance in composition

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English country houses interior vs exterior

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Symmetrical exterior & asymmetrical interior
Renaissance exterior & medieval interior

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English country houses features

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Use of hall with strong wood beams and screens
Large windows offer a space that is almost cathedral like
Use of little domes on top of building (Elizabethans liked to use the roof as a space)

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Longleat House

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Wittshire 1568-1580

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The Great Hall elements

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Still looks medieval, but has renaissance elements

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what made great hall both medieval and renaissance

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Wood and white wall construction with more delicate elements
Detailed light carvings
Classical columns and carved figures of humans
Furniture layout is very disciplined, but has lighter elements

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Hardwick Hall

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Derbyshire 1590-1597

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Hardwick Hall architect

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Robert Smytson

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Hardwick Hall hierarchy

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More important levels are taller

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Hardwick Hall roof and top floor

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are social spaces - different from Italy

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Hardwick Hall elements

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Little domes or orioles turned into towers
Towers break up the façade
Vertical and gothic roof line

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how are stairs different in england

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Rains more in England so most interior stairs become grander than exterior

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most important room in Hardwick hall

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High great chamber

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Hardwick hall rooms

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Rooms are defined by colors (blue room, green room, etc.)
Tapestry walls create illusionistic scenes

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Hardwick Hall interior vs exterior

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Disconnect between what the exterior looks like compared to what is actually inside

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Libraries at this time

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Masculine space and design / darker wood spaces with little to no textiles

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Long gallery

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interior space to gather and walk through when raining

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long gallery purpose

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replaces garden / Chance to frame and display artwork to show wealth

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25
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What does Britain love

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Plaster work

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English Renaissance Furniture

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Large, energetic but improper
lighter base heavier top
Turning legs, carvings on legs
Notion of bodily comfort
Upholstery, horse hair, grass, etc. filling

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Court Cabinet

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A new piece of furniture: a movable - mobile studiolo
Multiple functions - stationary and storage for most precious objects

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Court Cabinet features

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Theme of these pieces were architectural
Carvings mostly decorative, but some are structural

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four post bed frame

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Past cultures have kept the columns shapes from ancient times
England changed them for their uses
Excessive use of material
Ex. columns are thicker than they need to be

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Turkey-Work Chairs textiles

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Front of chair more decorative because they are lining the wall and the back is covered

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Cup and cover legs

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Too much material used / very thick and heavy

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End of Tudor

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1603 Elizabeth I dies
James I became the King
Jacobean Period (James I, 1603-1625 & Charles I 1625-1648)

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Strapwork

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Series of geometric patterns on the walls.

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Pargework

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Elaborate plasterwork which created a continuous low relief on the ceiling

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Court cupboards

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buffet

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Turkey-work

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Carpets imported from Turkey & Persia were used on top of tables and as upholstery

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Balustrade

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Cup & cover bulbous leg continues to be popular

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Guilloche

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decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material`

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Hatfield House

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1608

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Queen’s House

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1616-1635

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Queen’s House architect

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Inigo Jones

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Inigo Jones

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Jonas went to Italy and visited Palladio’s buildings
Originally a stage designer, Jonas also designed furniture

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Queen’s House interior vs exterior

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Same symmetry in interior and exterior

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Queen’s House propotion

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Beautifully proportioned
Windows are placed off-centered: Everything isn’t under control

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Queen’s House functions

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Palladio villa outside & functions like a palazzo with open central space

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Queen’s House Staircase

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Jones expanded the spiral staircase of medieval manor houses and put a skylight at the top

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Queen’s House features

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Busts placed inside as decor
Tuscan columns
Plaster work
Flattened columns along wall
Use of color for each room

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Banqueting House

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1619-1622

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Banqueting House dating help

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Transitioning into Baroque / look at bigger picture to date

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Banqueting House architect

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Inigo Jones

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Banqueting House features

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Galleried, symmetrical interior
Ionic half columns & Corinthian pilasters
Italian style ceiling painted by Rubens

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Wilton House

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1640’s-1670’s

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Wilton House architects

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Inigo Jonas and Isaac de Caus

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Wilton House looks

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Baroque rather than Renaissance
The woodwork on the walls are renaissance yet they are more elaborate
Palladian proportions

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Jacobean Furniture

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Massive and straight-lined yet lighter than Elizabethan
More elegant ornamental carving

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Jacobean Furniture material

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Mostly oak, some walnut

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Jacobean Furniture details

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Lathe turnings, spool forms, & spiral twists used for legs and stretchers

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Jacobean Furniture textiles

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Increase in use of textiles: Silks, velvet, embroidered Turkey-work, and tapestries

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Gate-leg table

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continued to be a popular piece even after James I’s reign

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Farthingale Chair

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upholsterer’s chair was introduced in the late 16th century to accommodate exceptionally wide skirts

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Wainscot / Yorkshire Chair

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fine chair made of oak
Turned bulbous shape of front legs
Back Is similarly decorated as the wainscoting

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Cromwell / Cromwellian Chair

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1640
modified version of the Farthingale chair
Leather back and seat, studded with brass-
headed nails

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Cromwell / Cromwellian Chair simplicity

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puritan ideals

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