The Stage Designs of Inigo Jones: The European Context

by John Peacock

Book Overview

This lavishly illustrated book is a 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 acclimatized. John Peacock shows that almost all of Jones's designs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521035007
• ISBN13: 9780521035002
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"