Inigo Jones

So he sent for his architect, a wonderful man called Inigo Jones, and ordered him to draw plans for a new palace that should be far more splendid than the old one.

The Children's Book of London

'Inigo Jones' is his joke, you see, or somebody's joke.

Fernley House Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

There was a man in Brisbane called Inigo Jones who wasn’t bad at long-range weather predictions, using a novel concept of sun spot activity, but out on the black-soil plains no one put much credence in what he had to say.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

The English Renaissance, begun haltingly under Queen Elizabeth, reborn under Inigo Jones but repressed during the interregnum, now found its feet.

British architecture: the baroque in Britain 2011

The elderly Inigo Jones, the first architect to bring Italianate Renaissance architecture to Britain, is reckoned to have had a hand in this country house, particularly the dignified south facade, with its central Venetian window and pedimented corner towers a trick Jones had borrowed from the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio, and others borrowed from Jones.

The Renaissance in Britain: examples from the era 2011

The room with botanical illustrations is a joy, as is the Inigo Jones costume design, the display or portrait miniatures, many by Nicholas Hilliard, and the curious William Alexander portrait of "The Fou-yen of Canton" circa 1793, which shows a bearded Chinese man in a full-sleeved gown, seated at a table with a place setting for a Western meal.

The Tate's Flood of Inspiration Paul Levy 2011

Suddenly, we have a context for various forms of decorative art and illustration: maps, miniatures, costume sketches by Inigo Jones, meticulous images of flora and fauna painstakingly rendered in an age before photography.

Medium is message at Tate Britain 'Watercolour' show 2011

Harmony and symmetry entered English architecture with stage designer Inigo Jones, who brought the aesthetic of Palladio first to the new-build Queen's House at Greenwich and then to his replacement for the destroyed Banqueting House at Whitehall.

British architecture: The English Renaissance 2011

Lovely examples range from Anthony van Dyck and Inigo Jones to Wenceslas Hollar, best known for his refined engravings, but here represented by a couple of wonderful watercolor views of Tangier.

Magical, Layered, Transparent Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

Inigo Jones was highly instrumental in spreading and implementing his ideas in Britain.

Renaissance architecture: how to identify the Roman orders 2011