Queen's House
Videos
Queen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery. It was built between 1616 and 1635 on the grounds of the now demolished Gr
The Queen's House, viewed from the main gate
Plans of the Queen's House. The salon is a 40-foot (12.2 m) cube.
The Tulip Stairs and lantern; the first centrally unsupported helical stairs constructed in England. The stairs are supported by a cantilever from the walls with each tread resting on the one below.
Allegory of Peace and the Arts under the English Crown, by Orazio Gentileschi
Palladian architecture
Videos
Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio. What is today recognised as Palladian architecture evolved from his concepts o
Queen's House
…have been constructed in the country. It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613–1615 grand tour of Roman, Renaissance, and Palladian architecture in Italy. Some earlier English buildings, such as Longleat and Burghley House, had made borrowings from the classical style, but the structure of these…
A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura, in an English translation published in London, 1736
Plan for Palladio's Villa La Rotonda (c. 1565) – features of the house were incorporated in numerous Palladian-style houses throughout Europe over the following centuries.
"True Palladianism" at the Villa Godi (1537–1542) – from Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura. The flanking pavilions are agricultural buildings, not part of the villa. In the 18th century, the connecting colonnades evolved as enfilades of rooms, while the pavilions often became self-contained wings or blocks – a common feature of 18th century Palladianism.
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (begun c. 1565) – one of Palladio's most influential designs