The stage designs of Inigo Jones : the European context / John Peacock.

Main entry:

Peacock, John, 1941-

Title & Author:

The stage designs of Inigo Jones : the European context / John Peacock.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Description:

xxii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-375) and index.
Introduction: the court masque -- 1. The theory and practice of imitation -- 2. The masques as pictures -- 3. Architecture -- 4. Figures -- 5. Landscape -- 6. Ornament -- 7. Antiquity.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

This lavishly illustrated book is the first full-length study of Inigo Jones as a stage-designer. Jones's designs for the Stuart court masques (and associated court entertainments) between 1605 and 1640 played a crucial role in transmitting the visual language of the Italian Renaissance tradition into English culture, where, because of geographical and historical factors, it had not yet become acclimatised. John Peacock shows that almost all of Jones's designs were copied and adapted from Italian and continental sources (many identified here for the first time), and argues that this is to be understood in terms of 'imitation', a concept and a practice central to the very tradition of which Jones is a messenger and propagandist. His exploration adds a new dimension to our knowledge and understanding of a figure who is generally considered the most important English artist of the seventeenth century.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521418127 (hardback)
9780521418126 (hardback)

Subject:

Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652 Criticism and interpretation.
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652.
Jones, Inigo, (1573-1652) Critique et interprétation.
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery England History 17th century.
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery.
Toneel.
Decors.
Ontwerpen.
Theaters Stage-setting and scenery Great Britain History 17th century.
Théâtre Angleterre (GB) 17e siècle.
Arts du spectacle Production et mise en scène Angleterre (GB) 17e siècle.
England.
Theatre Stage design History

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 153383
Call No.: NA44.J77.6 P4 1995
Status: Available

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