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Inigo Jones, the Surveyors of the Works and the ‘Parliament House’
Author(s) -
Hawkyard Alasdair
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
parliamentary history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1750-0206
pISSN - 0264-2824
DOI - 10.1111/1750-0206.12004
Subject(s) - parliament , successor cardinal , reputation , work (physics) , law , sociology , political science , engineering , politics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Inigo Jones's modern reputation rests on a handful of buildings surviving from late in his career and his designs for masques at court.[Note 2. ODNB, xxx, 527–538; J. Summerson, Inigo Jones (1966); S. ...] Recently more attention has focused on his earlier architectural work.[Note 3. J. Harris and G. Higott, Inigo Jones: Complete Architectural ...] Even so, his work for the Stuart kings on the Parliament House has received scant attention. Study of this, perhaps more routine, work demonstrates Jones's ability to respond constructively to problems arising from the use of medieval buildings for purposes other than those originally intended, the imagination of his response, the economy of his proposals, and his innovation. The responses of his immediate predecessors and his successor to the same problems are also considered.