JONES, Inigo

English architect, designer, and painter. During his lifetime Inigo Jones was celebrated as a designer of entertainments for the courts of James I and Charles I, but his posthumous reputation rests largely on his architectural projects. One of the first Englishmen to intensely study the architecture of ancient Rome and that of the Italian classicalGLOSSARYRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. architects, Jones created his own rigorous interpretation of the classical language of architecture. His influence was curtailed by the English Civil War, but enjoyed a great revival among 18th-century Palladian architects. Important projects include the Banqueting House in Whitehall, the Queen's ChapelGLOSSARYa small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building. at St James's Palace, and a tower and porticoGLOSSARYUsually open porch supported by columns or pillars on the main entrance side of a buildings. Frequently supports a pediment. at Old St. Peter's.