Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England

Download or read book Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England written by Anthony Wells-Cole and published by Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies. This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spread of the Renaissance and the onset of the Reformation gradually transformed the appearance of art, architecture, and decoration in sixteenth-century England. By the middle of the century, prints were being produced in near-industrial conditions in commercial centers such as Antwerp. They effected an information revolution similar to that of computers in our own time, broadcasting stylistic and religious changes and enabling English patrons and craftsmen to keep abreast of the latest artistic fashions. This richly illustrated book is the first comprehensive exploration of precisely what imported prints were used as sources of inspiration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Anthony Wells-Cole sets out a visual feast of buildings and their contents, side by side with photographs of the prints that inspired them. A large proportion of the illustrations will be unfamiliar to all but specialists.