HOA ENGLISH RENAISSANCE

English Renaissance E nglish Renaissance style has developed four styles during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, King James and Queen Victoria. Each architectural style era haas their own unique and distinctive features that made a huge impact in the architectural world from the 15th up to the 19th century, trough this time English renaissance flourished, The first style that has been develioped was the Elizabethan Architecture influenced by northern mannerism and is notably Pluralistic followed by the Jacobean style that led a notable change towards more classical / Italian influence, in 1714 a new style called Georgian emerge which is characterize by its proportion, balance and simple mathemathical ratio and finally the style of architecture revival which often includes interpretation and electric revival this shows how different each style from each other from their era, influences and up to their each unique feature. All English style’s patterns but has Renaissance, which leads Renaissance styles are more classical features, like to the Victorian style, a Similiar similar in its regularity, the Georgian style which series of revival styles and Characteristics symmetry and proportions, symmetry and proportion considered to be eclectic for and/or Elements and mixed classical elements are based on the Ancient its revival of the Classical, in their design. The Jacobean Classical Architecture Gothic, Romanesque, and style follows the Elizabethan which was revived in the Renaissance Architecture. Unique Characteristics Elizabethan The most characteristic type, for the There was a more consistent and jacobean georgian very well-off, is the showy prodigy unified application of formal design, victorian house, using styles and decoration both in plan and elevation. Much use derived from Northern Mannerism, was made of columns and pilasters, but with elements retaining signifies of round-arch arcades, and flat roofs medieval castles, such as the normally with openwork parapets. busy roof-line. It is characterized by its proportion Victorian architecture usually has and balance; simple mathematical many intricate window frames. ratios were used to determine the height of a window in relation to The styles often included its width or the shape of a room as interpretations and eclectic revivals of a double cube. Regularity, as with historic styles. The name represents the ashlar (uniformly cut) stonework, was British and French custom of naming strongly approved, imbuing symmetry architectural styles for a reigning and adherence to classical rules. monarch.