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The document summarizes characteristics of English Renaissance architecture from the early and late periods. Early Renaissance styles featured H-shaped or E-shaped plans with interior courts and long galleries. Decorative styles combined Gothic and classical elements, using wood carvings and oil paintings. Structurally, Flemish bond walls and wrought iron gates flanked by stone piers were used. The document also discusses notable English Renaissance architects like Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren and their works.

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History of Architecture Notes

The document summarizes characteristics of English Renaissance architecture from the early and late periods. Early Renaissance styles featured H-shaped or E-shaped plans with interior courts and long galleries. Decorative styles combined Gothic and classical elements, using wood carvings and oil paintings. Structurally, Flemish bond walls and wrought iron gates flanked by stone piers were used. The document also discusses notable English Renaissance architects like Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren and their works.

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ENGLISH RENAISSANCE General Characteristics 1. Architectural a. Early renaissance : Plan were generally H-shape or E-shape b.

Interior courts for lighting c. Use of long galleries d. Large Formal Gardens e. Broad Terraces w/ large stairs f. Balustrated Parapets g. Square headed windows with mullions h. Steep roofs i. Popular use of classical orders 2. Late Renaissance a. Regularity and formal of plans b. Extensive use of corridors c. Walls were usually terminated by well designed cornices d. Hip roofs e. Arcaded openings f. A tendency to follow rigidly the classic proportions and detailing. II. DECORATIVE 1. EARLY RENAISSANCE a. Combination of Gothic & Classic b. Mouldings generally bold c. Use of oil painted pictures of family portrait d. Extensive use of wood carvings III. STRUCTURAL a. use of Flemish bond on walls b. wrought iron gates flanked by well-proportioned stone piers decorated by exquisitely carved sculpture c. arcuated and trabeated architecture

NOTABLE EXAMPLES 1. Inigo Jones a. Banquet House-London b. Queens House-Greenwich c. Greenwich Hospital d. St. Paul Convent-London e. Court Masques 2. Sir Christopher Wren a. St. Pauls Cathedral b. Winchester Palace c. Chelsea Hospital d. Winsor Townhall e. The Library, Trinity College Cabrige

QUIONS

Rusticated Masonry

Balluster one of a number short vertical members of ten circular in sectionused to support a stair handrail or caping.

Ballustrades a series of baluster

German, Dutch, and Belgian Renaissance

General Characteristic 1. Architectural a.) Interior courtyards were irregular b.) Church plans were revised from the old concept to present religious ritual requirements. c.) Large steep roofs running several storeys d.) Walls carried up to gable roof giving picturesque and irregular skyline.

2. Structural a.) A combination of Gothic and Classic. It uses Gothic structure but classic external features b,) High steep roofs c.) Columns supporting arcades

3. Decorative a.) Grotesque and quaint ornaments b.) Lack of refinement but fanciful c.) Gothic ornaments were mixed with revived Italian Classics d.) Mouldings were vigorous, interpenetration of mouldings e.) The orders were freely employed, overladen with decorations

Notable examples in German Renaissance 1.) Heidelberg Castle 2.) Mariekinche, Wolfenbuttel 3.) Church of Buckeburg

Notable Examples in Dutch and Belgian 1.) The Town Hall, Antwerp (A.D. 1565) 2.) The Town Hall, Ghent ( A.D. 1595-1622 Addition) 3.) The Town Hall, Ypres (A.D. 1575-1621) 4.) The Town Hall, Leyden (A.D. 1579) 5.) The Town Hall, Delft (A.D. 1618 Addition) 6.) The Town Hall, Haarlem (Remodelled 1620) 7.) The Town Hall, The Hague (A.D. 1565) 8.) Royal Palace, Amsterdam (A.D. 1648-55) 9.) The Guild Houses, Brussels by Arch. Archers and Skippers (A.D. 1697) 10.) The Guild Houses, AntWerp by Archers and Coppers (A.D. 1579) 11.) The Grande Palace, Bruges 12.) Maison de Lancien Greffe, Brudges (A.D. 1535) 13.) Hotel du Saumon, Malines (A.D. 1530) 14.) Palais de Justice, Brussels (1866) 15.) Mauritshuis Hang (A.D. 1654)

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