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Changes to the designs for the #BaroqueInterior inside #StMaryLeStrand were triggered by the change of #RoyalHouse when #QueenAnne, who was the last in the line of Stuart monarchs, died in 1714. The #HouseOfStuart favoured the extravagant Catholic #Baroque style, whereas the new incoming #HouseOfHanover favoured a more restrained #Presbyterian #Palladian style.
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A #HouseOfStuart church in #StuartLondon was typically influenced by #Gothic #Architecture the #Renaissance & #Jacobean extravagance. Craftsmen embellished fine woodwork with ornate decorative mouldings to add drama to interiors e.g. #HammerbeamRoof. Yet, the new fashion, initiated by #InigoJones, swept away the picturesque Gothic in favour of a disciplined #Palladian symmetry.
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#QueenAnne was a patron of the arts, with interests in #Theatre, #Music, #Poetry & #DecorativeArts, her reign saw a period of great change. Marked by the transition from the formal #Baroque to the relaxed aesthetic of the #Palladian style, #QueenAnneArchitecture & #QueenAnneFurniture emerged in her name, as the design style #BritishBaroque of the #QueenAnneRevival period.
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#KingGeorgeI, Elector of the #HouseOfHanover ascended to the British throne in 1714, when the neo-Palladian movement in British #Architecture was emerging. Art patronage played a vital role in royal life as it reflected the values of a #RoyalHouse. Catholic Roman #Baroque architecture was undesirable for the Protestant cause, whereas the #Palladian style was befitting.
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Architect #InigoJones was a champion of #Palladian #Architecture, who was closely associated with the early #HouseOfStuart regime. When the #HouseOfHanover adopted new Palladianism, they formed a legitimate continuity between their #RoyalHouse and that of their Stuart ancestors, bypassing any authority over the Protestant throne from #ThePretender & the #Jacobite movement.
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Propaganda created by the #HouseOfHanover during the adoption of #Palladian #Architecture also distinguished a lineage & an association with the sophisticated #VenetianAristocracy. According to #RoyalHouse annals, the #Hanoverian Dukes were descendants of the #HouseOfEste, said to include #Antenor, the legendary Trojan hero & founder of #Padua - where #AndreaPalladio was born.
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Aided by the 1st complete translation of 4 books on #Architecture by #AndreaPalladio into English in 1716, a new generation of #RoyalHouse architects from the #HouseOfHanover revived Palladio’s vision. #Hanoverian churches in London embraced #Palladian & #Neoclassical styles. Palladian structural clarity, classical proportions & harmony are especially evident in #StMaryLeStrand
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