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	Tudor Furniture, English Tudor Style Furniture
		The tudor period in English history begins with the ascent to the throne of King Henry VII in 1485, this event signifying the end of the Middle Ages in Britain and supposedly the historic beginning of the English Renaissance.
		Tudor interiors, in contrast to the lack of grace and quantity in furniture, were often beautifully decorated with tapestries, embroidery, carpets, and fabrics.
		To summarise, the early tudor period in England before the Elizabethan age was, in matters of furniture and interior design, mostly part of the gothic tradition only changed somewhat by incipient continental ideas flowing across the channel in very small waves and by new wood crafting knowledge.
	www.furniturestyles.net /european/english/tudor.html (507 words)

	Tudor Style architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tudor Style in English architecture is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, for conservative college patrons.
		Nevertheless, "Tudor style" is an awkward style-designation, with its implied suggestions of continuity through the period of the Tudor dynasty and the misleading impression that there was a style break at the accession of Stuart James I in 1603.
		In the 19th century a free mix of these late Gothic elements and Elizabethan were combined for hotels and railway stations, in revival styles known as Jacobethan and Tudorbethan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tudor_Style_architecture (196 words)

	Tudorbethan architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tudorbethan style was a reaction to the ornate Victorian Gothic revival of the second half of the 19th century.
		The term "Queen Anne" for this style of architecture tends to be more commonly used in the USA than in Britain, in the USA it evolved into a form of architecture not instantly recognisable as that constructed in either the Tudor, or Queen Anne period.
		More often it is in the Tudor style houses of the late 20th century that a greater devotion to the Tudor period is found, albeit coupled with modern-day comforts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tudor-style (1672 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Tudor style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		TUDOR STYLE [Tudor style] descriptive of the English architecture and decoration of the first half of the 16th cent., prevailing during the reigns (1485-1558) of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary I. It is the first of the transitional styles between Gothic Perpendicular and Palladian architecture, the other two being Elizabethan and Jacobean.
		Principal Tudor examples are parts of Hampton Court Palace, begun in 1515, and many colleges of Oxford and Cambridge.
		Innovation and design in Tudor and Stuart Britain: John Styles marks the opening of the new British Galleries at the V&A with a look at influences and innovations during a dynamic period of design history.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tudorsty.asp (478 words)

	Architecture Guide: Tudor
		This architecture style was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and continues to be a mainstay in suburbs across the United States.
		The defining characteristics are half-timbering on bay windows and upper floors, and facades that are dominated by one or more steeply pitched cross gables.
		A subtype of the Tudor Revival style is the Cotswold Cottage.
	www.realtor.org /rmo/architecture_guide/tudor.html (110 words)

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		The Tudor Gothic had been revived in England a few years before, primarily for church architecture, as the expression of a consciously archeological movement within the Gothic Revival, a movement seeking to remedy the worst limitations of the earlier Victorian Gothic.
		However, the most complete architectural expression of this aspect of Princeton's philosophy of education is to be found in the great new Firestone Library, planned as a "humanistic laboratory" to house not only books but also those departments which are not already housed in their own special buildings.
		But although Princetonians believe that beautiful architecture in a lovely natural setting is an important element in the process of liberal education, it must be admitted that this point of view has been applied more to the quarters of the students than to the living quarters of the faculty.
	etcweb1.princeton.edu /CampusWWW/Otherdocs/setting.html (6606 words)

	CALIFORNIA IS BEAUTIFUL - HOME STYLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Some architectural historians say that Colonial Revival is a Victorian style; others believe that the Colonial Revival style marked the end of the Victorian period in architecture.
		The Colonial Revival style is based loosely on Federal and Georgian house styles, and a clear reaction against excessively elaborate Victorian Queen Anne architecture.
		Ranch style housing evolved from several other twentieth century ideas: Prairie school Bungalow Cottage Spanish Traditional Ranch homes reflect a hard-working, simple life and are often considered a expression of the informality of Western culture.
	www.californiaisbeautiful.com /home_styles.htm (1440 words)

	Architecture and Zoning Index
		Architectural style is a simple way of classifying buildings of a particular period according to these common design characteristics.
		The Gothic Revival style was based on the churches and homes of Europe in the Middles Ages and is considered the first true Victorian style.
		The American Georgian Colonial style was adapted in the west in Georgian Revival homes which often included high-peaked, or doubled-angled gables, roof dormers, porticos, latticed windows with shutters and pedimented porticos in front of the entryway.
	www.sharonkramlich.com /sfinfo/architecture (1643 words)

	Tudor - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Tudor, name of the dynasty that occupied the throne of England from 1485 to 1603.
		Tudor, Antony, professional name of William Cook (1908-1987), British dancer and choreographer, whose works brought new psychological depth to...
		Tudor Style, in English art and architecture, designation for the period covering the reigns of the Tudor monarchs.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Tudor.html (89 words)

	Jacksonville Architecture
		The style was revived again after 1900, when architects took advantage of the decorative potential of concrete and terra cotta to return to exotic themes.
		Its name is a compound of Jacobean and Elizabethan, indicating that it was derived from architecture of the reigns of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) and James I (1603-1625).
		Among the flurry of revival modes at the turn of the twentieth century was the Tudor Revival style, closely akin in spirit and chronology to the Jacobethan.
	jaxhistory.com /styles.htm (2596 words)

	Architectural Style : Tudor and Elizabethan
		Although ripples spread to these shores from the revival of classical architecture in Italy, the Tudor style was mainly home-grown.
		In Tudor times it developed fan vaulting, for example in the cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral and Henry VII's magnificent Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey.
		Tudor and Elizabethan styles enjoyed a revival in the Victorian period.
	www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Style/Tudor.htm (496 words)

	Southern Accents: Tudor Revival
		In America, during the roaring '20s, it was known as "Stockbroker's Tudor" because of its popularity among the new-monied set as a statement of conservative good taste.
		Newfound prosperity gave birth to the original English Tudor architecture, which spans the reign of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603.
		And during the early decades of the 20th century, the style crossed the Atlantic.
	www.southernaccents.com /accents/print/0,15217,697799,00.html (815 words)

	Replacement Windows & Home Improvement::Style Guide
		The English influence on the Tudor style is obvious, with decorative half timbering, gables and a steeply pitched roof.
		Based on medieval, Gothic and Tudor traditions from the 15th to 17th centuries, these designs were all part of a movement that became known as English Revival.
		Most Tudor houses that appear to have been built of brick or stone are in fact wood frame houses with a masonry veneer.
	www.andersenwindows.com /ReplacementRemodeling/StyleGuide/AW_15.05_Tudor.aspx (350 words)

	Tudor Houses in England
		The most striking window treatment to emerge in the Tudor period is the oriel, a projecting, multi-sided window cantilevered out from an upper floor, and supported on a bracket or corbel from beneath.
		Indeed, the Tudor chimney is one of the most striking aspects of this period.
		The most remarkable Tudor brick building is Hampton Court Palace, but a multitude of smaller estates and country houses made use of this newly fashionable luxury material.
	www.britainexpress.com /architecture/tudor.htm (771 words)

	Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		What happened was a plethora of styles, most of whom borrow heavily from their European descendants, which became the Victorian architectural movement as we know it.
		This style is the extreme of Carpenter Gothic and its explosion of details was popular at the same time as the heavily decorated Queen Annes.
		Eastlake: Eastlake style architecture came from the movement for a better, more beautiful home environment named for Charles Lock Eastlake who was the architect who wrote Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and Other Details.
	www.normanhistorichouse.org /Architectureframe.htm (3849 words)

	Artisans of the Valley - Artisans Educational and Training Services Styles Page 2
		The Italianate style was a style popular in the United States from 1840 to 1880.
		Italianate style houses are generally characterized by a full two-story height with low-pitched or flat roof and overhanging eaves with decorative brackets.
		This style differs from the earlier Italianate style that was popular in the 1860s and 1870s in two basic ways: buildings constructed in this style were somewhat more literal interpretations of Italian architecture, and they were generally designed by architects rather than being built from pattern books by local builders.
	www.artisansofthevalley.com /ed_aa_styles2.html (1975 words)

	Tudor Revival
		Different from Tudor, Jacobethan architecture was usually executed completely in brick or stone with classical limestone details and window lintels.
		Tudor Revival, with its characteristic wood half-timbering and stucco, began later in the 1920s.
		Tudor Revival Style house at the corner of Corona and Colonial Avenues (c.
	www.pelhampreservationsociety.com /id28.html (245 words)

	Historic Preservation and Archaeology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Many 19th century styles were based on various past architectural movements, but during the early 1900s, builders chose from many exotic artistic influences.
		The Spanish Eclectic style was a more elaborate twist on the early Mission style and incorporated elements borrowed from a variety of other cultures, predominantly Spanish and Italian.
		This style was mostly found in the southwest, especially California, and in Florida.
	www.in.gov /dnr/historic/twentiethrev.html (563 words)

	Tudor Style Guide by Shop 4 Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Tudor homes were designed to make certain each possessed a lasting distinctive character and were constructed to ensure that they could be enjoyed still today.
		Tudor living rooms were not only relatively large in comparison to other rooms of the house but also often had higher 9 foot ceilings.
		Tudor homes constructed in the later half of the 1920’s and there after commonly included wall mounted sinks, fully enclosed bathtubs, and low tank toilets.
	www.shop4classics.com /styletudor.asp (627 words)

	AllRefer.com - Elizabethan style (Architecture) - Encyclopedia
		Elizabethan style[iliz´´ubE´thun] Pronunciation Key, in architecture and the decorative arts, a transitional style of the English Renaissance, which took its name from Queen Elizabeth's reign (1558–1603).
		No attempt was made to achieve the unified classical style of architecture that had already appeared in Italy and France.
		A greater unity was achieved in the subsequent Jacobean style.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/Elizbetsty.html (371 words)

	Tudor Style: artsparx home improvement style archive
		During the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, English domestic architecture and interior decoration blossomed.
		The unmistakable "fl-and-white" Tudor house, with its massive dark timbers, reinforcing diagonal beams, and whitewashed plaster, is the period's design archetype.
		Tudor furniture, in keeping with the new aesthetic of permanence, is heavy, carved wood.
	www.artsparx.com /tudorstyle.asp (627 words)

	Flamboyant Style - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Flamboyant Style, in architecture, the final phase of the Gothic style in France, roughly covering the 15th century, originating in the 1370s and...
		Flamboyant architecture originated in the 1380s in the work of the French court architect Guy de Dammartin.
		Spurning the Flamboyant style altogether, English builders devised their own late Gothic style of architecture, the Perpendicular style.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Flamboyant_Style.html (120 words)

	Period Style
		The state architecture of Greece and Rome was adapted for public and private commercial structures in urban centers and for palaces for royalty and the wealthy merchant class, while the villa form popularized by Palladio seized the imagination of those who would build in the country and suburbs.
		The English Tudor style, for example, was an artistic development paralleling the ruling dynasty begun by Henry VII until Elizabeth I, a period of about 118 years.
		The architecture of tradition is one of observing precedence and honoring the work of the past, especially what we have come to inherent in the Western Tradition by way of the ‘ancients’.
	www.johnhenryarchitect.com /period_style.htm (5602 words)

	19th-Century Adrian Architecture - Tudor Revival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Tudor Revival can best be understood as an outgrowth of the Queen Anne style in an era that preferred more horizontal structures, greater historical accuracy and aesthetic coherence.
		First, both the Tudor style and the Queen Anne are somewhat misnamed since both derive from a half-timber style of architecture that was popular in England during the era sometimes referred to collectively as the Jacobethan period that included the last Tudor ruler, Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603), and the first King James (1603-1625).
		In addition, both the Tudor and the Queen Anne styles emphasize asymmetry as well as a wide variety of surface materials, which provided architects and homeowners with endless possibilities in terms of individual interpretations.
	www.adrianarchitecture.com /tudor-rev.html (411 words)

	Old House Style Guide
		Each style has a picture of a local building and a description of special characteristics of the style.
		The Craftsman style, of which Bungalows are a subset, is characterized by simplicity and lack of the fanciful ornamentation one finds in Victorian homes.
		This style became wildly popular at the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s.
	www.cmhpf.org /kids/Guideboox/OldHouseGuide.html (588 words)

	New Urbanism and Style
		One of the ways to rid style from current discourse is to simply remove the manmade parenthesis that currently surround historical periods, opening the way for a cross comparison of all traditional (and even some modernist) architecture.
		As architecture and city-building have always been concerned with four very general things: the way we build buildings, the content of buildings, how buildings relate to other buildings and spaces, and how buildings alter existing contexts - these general concerns can be identified as types.
		Style becomes a non-issue, tradition is preserved, enlargened upon, and begun in places where it does not exist (suburbia for example)!
	luciensteil.tripod.com /katarxis02-1/id41.html (774 words)

	Wilmette Historic Preservation Commission
		The architecture of Wilmette is a diverse and highly textured expression of the development of the community.
		"Tudor" is a commonly accepted misnomer since few churches reflect true 16th-century Tudor architecture in England.
		However, compared to other Gothic-inspired works, Tudor Revival churches tend to display lower massing, have reserved ornamentation, employ brick, stucco and half-timbering, and possess and key identifying feature: broad or shallow pointed arches for windows and doors.
	www.wilmette.com /whpc/character.htm (1606 words)

	Tudor house design: tudor style home plans and house plans
		The Tudor style is drawn loosely from late medieval English homes.
		The term “Tudor Revival” in American architecture generally covers the blend of a variety of elements of late English medieval styles, including Elizabethan and Jacobean.
		Most Tudor homes have stucco or masonry exteriors that are accented by ornamental half-timbering, massive chimneys and steep gable roofs.
	www.orderhomeplans.com /exec/action/story/content/homestyles.5005005500/hspos/E303NET (77 words)

	Elizabethan style furniture
		It reached its apogee in the late 1500s, toward the end of the long reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and is often considered the last phase of the long-lasting Tudor style.
		The main impulse of Elizabethan architecture was toward a well-ordered symmetry; Elizabethan symmetrical facades, often filled with huge windows, were different from those of the heavy castlelike Gothic and early Tudor country residences.
		The Elizabethan Era is the period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death.
	www.restorations.net /elizab/elizab.htm (812 words)

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