Queen's House

Japanese: クイーンズ・ハウス - くいーんずはうす
Queen's House

…Inigo Jones, the greatest architect of the time, also studied in Italy twice, where he became familiar with the architectural methods of classical antiquity and the works of Palladio, and acquired a clear and elegant style of work. After returning to England, he became the Royal Commissioner for Architecture and became the founder of the English Renaissance. Queen's House in Greenwich, which is now the National Maritime Museum, was built by him for Queen Anne, and has a symmetrical form based on the Italian villa style. The façade is extremely simplified, and the semicircular staircase leading to the central terrace is Palladian. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Queen's House" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…当時最大の建築家イニゴ・ジョーンズも2度のイタリア遊学によって古典古代の建築法とパラディオの建築作品に親しみ,明快典雅な作風を獲得し,帰国後王室建築総監督に就任してイギリス・ルネサンスの始祖となった。現在国立海事博物館となっているグリニジのクイーンズ・ハウスは彼が王妃アンのために建てたもので,イタリアのビラvilla形式にのっとった対称的形体をもつ。ファサードは極度に単純化され,中央テラスに達する半円階段はパラディオ的である。…

※「クイーンズ・ハウス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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