Test 3 Flashcards
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Early Renaissance
Tudor Style, Elizabethan Style, Jacobean Style.
1500-1649
Tudor Style Dates
1500-1558
Tudor Architecture
Half-timber, Bay Windows, Oriel windows with corbel underneath, Tudor arch, prominent chimney monogram, houses builit in irregular shapes to add charm
How is Tudor different from Gothic pointed arch
flattened out
Tudor interior; wainscoting (how are panels treated)
rough plaster or small oak panel wainscoting with linen fold carving- natural finish, ceiling heavy posts of structure left exposed
What Gothic Features in Tudor Style are still used?
Linen fold
Dominate wood in tudor style?
Oak
What motifs were used in Tudor Style?
oak leaves, stems, acorns
Elizabethan Dates
1558-1603
What building was built due to flourishing of English drama, led by William Shakespeare?
The Globe Theater
How did Elizabethan interiors changed from Tudor style/ period
Still have paneling, no more linen fold, on Tudor arch, start to see renaissance detail, no gothic form
Characteristics Elizabethan Furniture
Large (people were boisterous in manner so furniture had to be strong)
Melon shape legs that were carved with leaves topped with capital
Jacobean Style dates
1603-1649
Jacobean interior
Pilasters with strap work (what is strap work)
Ceiling Detailed with plastered ceiling with strap work
Paneling goes all the way up to ceiling
Characteristics Jacobean Furniture
Gate-leg Table with drop leaf; turned legs, bun beet, folds in
Chairs how do they differ from Spanish Leather Upholstered chair?
nail heads
Middle Renaissance
Restoration Style,William and Mary Style, Queen Anne, 1600-1714
Restoration style dates
1600-1689
What two artists/architects brought back the Italian Renaissance and French Baroque style to England?
Inigo Jones, Sir Christopher Wren
Interiors in Restoration Style
interiors become very refined)
Floor to ceiling paneling, gibbons carvings, treating’s above the door
All Gothic and Tudor forms are gone
Overall interiors of English Middle Renaissance
Walls treated with floor to ceiling wood paneling left plain natural finish of oak or walnut
Use of bolection molding (what is it)
Wren brought back the use of panel between the dado cap and base board
Gibbons carvings;
who is the wood carver that created Gibbons Carving
Grinling Gibbons
what are Gibbons carvings made out of (type of wood), what were common motifs
Lime wood, ornaments of fruit, veggies, game, fish, leaves, flowers, musical instruments
William and Mary Style dates
1689-1702