17th Century England lecture (1603-1714)

Question 1

Divided periods of 17th c England

Answer 1

Early Jacobean 1603-1660
Late Jacobean 1660-1680
William and Mary 1680-1707
Queen Anne 1707-1714

Question 2

England’s architecture Renaissance

Answer 2

1603-1666

Included the awesomeness of Inigo Jones (1573 – 1652)

Question 3

Cool stuff by Inigo Jones

Answer 3

• Queen’s house (looks like White House, but prettier with the yellow door)
• Whitehall House - reminiscent of Palladio’s Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza (Italian classical type stuff comes to England)

Question 4

England’s architecture Baroque

Answer 4

1666 - 1714

Question 5

Major architect of English Baroque

Answer 5

Christopher Wren (1632-1723)

Question 6

Cool buildings by Christopher Wren, King of the steeples

Answer 6

• St. Paul’s Cathedral
• Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital (Versailles-looking hospital
• Church of St. Stephen Walbrook (weird tower that has mix of Baroque and Renaissance. Really plain on the outside and stunning on the inside)
• Church of St. Lawrence
• Christ Church Greyfriars

Question 7

Olde English Baroque recipe

Answer 7

1 Tempietto Dome +
1 East Front of Louvre +
2 Towers from St. Agnes 
Interpret Broadly =
St. Paul’s Cathedral!

Question 8

Elizabethan England furniture 1570-1603

Answer 8

• Scale of elements are enormous
• Great Bed of Ware
• “Cup and Cover” leg common
• Classical architecture used as furniture decoration

1. Oak is replaced by Walnut and then Mahogany (available by trade)
2. From Elizabethan to Queen Anne, English furniture become dramatically slimmer and more elegant
3. Dark wood gives way to “painted”wood which gives way to paler natural wood
4. Upholstery and comfort becomes common
5. The cabriolet leg appears in England early 1700’s
6. Overall craft advances a heck of a lot

Question 9

Early Jacobean furniture 1603-1660

Answer 9

• less giant vases of “cup and cover”
• bun foot
• scale of elements less large
• dark, but colors added in inlay
• much smaller decorative elements, like the columns
• FARTHINGALE chair: sad little chair common for both Jacobean time periods

Question 10

Late Jacobean furniture 1660-1680

Answer 10

-Late Jacobean is where color starts to become important
and shows influence from Asia
-“swash” leg - swirly; had bun foot
-Stuff from Asia: Rattan, curvy & curly things
-use of color, ‘S’ shaped stretchers and flat, undefiled legs
-“Painted” style of inlay
-Cup and Cover leg shape still present but less detailed, abstracted

Question 11

William and Mary period furniture styles 1680-1707

Answer 11

• Comfort, Color and Complexity all increase from Late Jacobean
• Influences from French Baroque

Question 12

Queen Anne period furniture styles 1707-1714

Answer 12

• The curved CABRIOLE leg is a common form
• a return to plain wood to exhibit the elegant form
• Cabriole legs could have the “Ball & Claw” foot