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Inigo Jones Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones , 1573-1652, one of England's first great architects. Son of a London clothmaker, he was enabled to travel in Europe before 1603 to study paintings, perhaps at the expense of the earl of Rutland. On a second trip to Italy (1613-14) he thoroughly studied the remains of Roman architecture... Read more
piazza piazza
piazza. 1. Open space, square, or market-place, surrounded by buildings and approached by various streets. 2. In C17 and C18 a roofed arcade or colonnade with buildings above, as at Covent Garden, London, (1631–3), by Inigo Jones. 3. Any covered way, colonnaded walk, or pentice. 4. Open... Read more
Wilton Wilton
Wilton town (1991 pop. 4,005), Wiltshire, S central England. Carpets have been made in Wilton for centuries. Felt and farm machinery are other important products. Three sheep fairs are held annually. Wilton was an ancient capital of Wessex and the residence of Saxon kings. In the 9th cent.,... Read more
Banqueting House Banqueting House
Banqueting House (Whitehall). The Banqueting House is one of the finest rooms in the country. Built by Inigo Jones for James I, between 1619 and 1622, it was one of the few buildings to survive the fire at Whitehall palace in 1698. It was intended to be part of a great new complex which was never... Read more
Greenwich palace Greenwich palace
Greenwich palace began life as Bella Court, built by Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, brother of Henry V, whose library housed the great collection which finished up in the Bodleian, Oxford. After passing to Margaret of Anjou, the palace came to Henry VII, who built extensively. Its position on... Read more
Thomas Howard 2nd Earl of Arundel Thomas Howard 2nd Earl of Arundel
Arundel, Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of (b Finchingfield, Essex, 7 July 1585; d Padua, 4 Oct. 1646). English diplomat, collector, and patron. Apart from Charles I, he was the greatest English collector of his time. His knowledge of art was based partly on extensive travels in Europe, his most... Read more
Palladianism Palladianism
Palladianism. Classical style based on the architecture of the C16 Italian architect Andrea Palladio, disseminated primarily by his Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books of Architecture—1570), which contained illustrations of his designs, described them and his ideas, and promoted... Read more
Masques Masques
masques were a form of English courtly entertainment, involving dancing, speech, song, and instrumental music, that flourished from the later 16th cent. until 1640. In the later 17th and 18th cents. the term was also applied to self-contained musical entertainments, normally accompanying a spoken... Read more
kinetic energy kinetic energy
kinetic energy The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion in space. It is equivalent to the work that would be done if the moving body were brought to rest. When the speed of a body is much less than the speed of light, kinetic energy is equal to ½mv2, where m is the mass of the... Read more
Laurel (US cities) Laurel (US cities)
Laurel 1 Town (1990 pop. 19,438), Prince Georges co., central Md., about halfway between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore; patented in the late 1600s, inc. 1870. Primarily residential, Laurel has light manufacturing. The Washington, D.C., Children's Center and Laurel Race Course (opened 1911) are... Read more

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