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	Elizabethan style Elizabethan style , in architecture and the decorative arts, a transitional style of the English Renaissance, which took its name from Queen Elizabeth's reign (1558-1603). During this period many large manor houses were erected by the court nobility. The plans and facades tended more toward... Read more
	Jacobean style Jacobean style , an early phase of English Renaissance architecture and decoration. It formed a transition between the Elizabethan and the pure Renaissance style later introduced by Inigo Jones . The reign of James I (1603-25), a disciple of the new scholarship, saw the first decisive adoption of... Read more
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	Decorated style Decorated style name applied to the second period of English Gothic architecture from the late 13th to the mid-14th cent. The basic structural elements developed during the Early English style (late 12th and 13th cent.) were retained, but their decoration became more elaborate. Stone construction... Read more
	Sir John Harington Sir John Harington 1560?-1612, English author. He spent most of his career at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, where he became known for his indelicate humor. His Rabelaisian Metamorphosis of Ajax (1596; ed. by E. S. Donno, 1961) uses ornate style and classical allusions to discuss at length the... Read more
	interior decoration interior decoration adornment of the interior of a building, public or domestic, comprising interior architecture, finishing, and furnishings. Asian and classical cultures used the decorative arts to create elaborate interiors, and they originated forms extensively copied in later times. In Europe... Read more
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	Brandy (singer) Brandy 1979– Vocalist, actress At a Glance Read more