Inigo Jones
The architect who brought classical Rome and the Italian Renaissance to England.
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Inigo Jones (15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) was an English architect who first employed Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in England.[1]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 15 July 1573
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Died
- 21 June 1652
- Place of death
- Somerset House, London
- Significant buildings
- Banqueting House, Whitehall
- Queen's House
- Wilton House
- Covent Garden
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Jones was born in Smithfield, London, the son of clothworker Inigo Jones Snr., and baptised at St Bartholomew-the-Less.[2] Later Welsh sources claim the family was from Wales, but no contemporary records support this.[2] From Italy he traveled to Denmark, where he worked for Christian IV on Rosenborg and Frederiksborg palaces.[3] Jones first became famous as a designer of costumes and stage settings, especially after bringing "masques" to the stage.[3]
Jones's full-time career effectively ended with the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642.[4] Queen Anne of Denmark's patronage allowed Jones to bring the proscenium arch and movable scenery to English theatre.[3] From 1605 to 1640, Jones produced more than 500 performances, working with Ben Jonson despite their competitive and jealous relationship.[5] Jones became Surveyor of the King's Works on 27 April 1613, then soon traveled through Italy with the Earl of Arundel.[6]
Jones's career began in earnest when he was made Surveyor-General of the King's Works in September 1615.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Inigo Jones" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Strickland, "The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in the History of Architecture", Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2001, p. 67; Hart, "Inigo Jones: The Architect of Kings", Yale University Press, 2011; Hart, "Inigo Jones: The Architect of Kings", Yale University Press, 2011 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Inigo Jones" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Angharad Llwyd, A History of the Island of Mona, Or Anglesey (Ruthin: R. Jones, 1833) 360; Arthur Aitkin, Journal of a Tour Through North Wales (London: J. Johnson, 1797) 108; John Evans, A Tour through Part of North Wales (London: J. White, 1800) 279 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Inigo Jones" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chambers, "The English House", Guild Publishing, 1985, p. 75 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Inigo Jones" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Blomfield, "A short History of Renaissance Architecture in England 1500–1800", BoD – Books on Demand, 2017, p. 86; Rakoczy, "Archaeology of destruction: a reinterpretation of castle slightings in the English Civil War", University of York (PhD thesis), 2007, p. 121 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Inigo Jones" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: See: The Masque of Augurs; The Staple of News; A Tale of a Tub; Love's Welcome at Bolsover. Jonson's follower Richard Brome also took a swipe at Jones in The We; Orgel, Steven and Strong, Roy C., Inigo Jones and the theatre of the Stuart Court, 1973 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Inigo Jones" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Strickland, "The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in the History of Architecture", Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2001, p. 67 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Inigo Jones" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jemma Field, Anna of Denmark: The Material and Visual Culture of the Stuart Courts (Manchester, 2020), pp. 67–8.; Clare McManus, Women on the Renaissance stage (Manchester, 2002), pp. 205–8. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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