Inigo Jones - The Architect of Kings

Informationen zum Autor Vaughan Hart is professor of architecture in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Bath University. Klappentext Inigo Jones (1573-1652) is widely acknowledged to have been England's most important architect. As court designer to the Stuart kings James I and Charles I, he is credited with introducing the classical language of architecture to the country. He famously traveled to Italy and studied firsthand the buildings of the Italian masters, particularly admiring those by Andrea Palladio. >Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Zusammenfassung Inigo Jones (1573-1652) is widely acknowledged to have been England's most important architect. As court designer to the Stuart kings James I and Charles I! he is credited with introducing the classical language of architecture to the country. This book helps us to understand the work of Inigo Jones in its national religious and political context.

Product details

• Authors: Vaughan Hart, Hart Vaughan
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9780300141498
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14149-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 292 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Studies in British Art; The Association of Human Rights Institutes series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; England, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, Individual architects and architectural firms