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Elizabethan architecture — noun The mixed style that sprang up on the decline of Gothic, marked by Tudor bow windows and turrets decorated with classic cornices and pilasters, long galleries, enormous square windows, large apartments, plaster ceilings divided into… … Useful english dictionary
Elizabethan architecture — is the term given to early Renaissance architecture in England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Historically the period responds to the Cinquecento in Italy, the Early Renaissance in France, and the Plateresque style in Spain.… … Wikipedia
Elizabethan era — The Elizabethan era is the period associated with Queen Elizabeth I s reign (1558 ndash;1603) and is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry… … Wikipedia
Architecture élisabéthaine — L Architecture élisabethaine est un courant donné à la première phase de l architecture de la Renaissance en Angleterre, et doit son nom à la reine Élisabeth Ire d’Angleterre, faisant suite au style Tudor. Elle précède le style Jacobéen et le… … Wikipédia en Français
Elizabethan furniture — is the form which the Renaissance took in England in furniture and general ornament, and in furniture it is as distinctive a form as its French and Italian counterparts. Gradual emergence For many years Gothic architecture had been forgetting its … Wikipedia
Elizabethan — E*liz a*beth an, prop. a. Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth I. or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. n. One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Lowell.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Elizabethan Club — The Elizabethan Club is a prestigious social club at Yale University named for Queen Elizabeth I and her era. Its profile and members tend toward a literary disposition and conversation is one of the Club s chief purposes. The Elizabethan Club s… … Wikipedia
architecture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Building design Nouns 1. architectural or building design, form; architectural or structural engineering; landscape architecture or gardening; architectonics. See building. 2. (architectural styles) a.… … English dictionary for students
Elizabethan — /i liz euh bee theuhn, beth euhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music. 2. noting or pertaining to an English Renaissance style of architecture of the… … Universalium
Architecture of the United Kingdom — The architecture of the United Kingdom has a long and diverse history from beyond Stonehenge to the designs of Norman Foster and the present day. Below are listed some architects and examples of their work typical of the era in which they were… … Wikipedia
