Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England: The Influence of Continental Prints, 1558-1625
Anthony Wells-Cole

The spread of the Renaissance and the onset of the Reformation gradually transformed the appearance of art, architecture and decoration in sixteenth-century England. By the middle of the century prints were being produced in near-industrial conditions in commercial centres such as Antwerp. They effected an information revolution similar to that of computers in our own time, broadcasting stylistic and religious changes and enabling English patrons and craftsmen to keep abreast of the latest artistic fashions. This richly illustrated book in the first comprehensive exploration of precisely what imported prints were used as sources of inspiration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

Hardback
ISBN: 0 300 06651 1 (cloth)
£50.00

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