Classical, radical. (Inigo Jones architecture exhibit, Royal Academy, London) From: The Economist (US) | Date: December 23, 1989 | COPYRIGHT 1989 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

"PERHAPS the single most important

person in the history of the arts in seventeenth-century England". So runs the bold, but not improper, claim made for Inigo Jones in the splendid catalogue of the Royal Academy's new exhibition of the work of England's first Renaissance architect. The show has already been seen in America; it would not have come to England without the intervention of sponsors, including The Economist.

Jones was a near-contemporary of Shakespeare and, like him, rose from obscure origins purely on his talents. Born in 1573, the son of a London ...

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