ARCH 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Compton Wynyates, Robert Smythson, Palace Of Whitehall
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1450: congleton, england, late medieval building forms and techniques remained popular. King"s college chapel: began 1508, cambridge, england, done in english perpendicular gothic, the 1534 act of supremacy made king head of the church of england, creating hostility with the pope and catholic church. Hardwick hall: 1590-1597, robert smythson, derbyshire, england, competition among elite to build great houses to show off during summer royal. Progresses of queen elizabeth 1 (reign 1558-1603: elizabethan style combined italian renaissance symmetry, flemish decoration, and english perpendicular gothic proportions, flemish inspired ornamentation, enormous areas of glass, outwardly directed composition. Greenwich, england: jones rejected contemporary 17th century design, and favored italian renaissance architecture up to palladio, double staircase exterior, compare to palazzo chiercati 1551. Drew upon ideas in palladio"s four books of architecture. 17th century london before the great fire of 1666 (like 50% burned down)
