Jacobean
Early seventeenth-century English
Jacobean describes the period of King James I of England (1603–1625) or its characteristic style.
Jacobean architecture features dark oak, elaborate carvings, and heavy ornamentation.
Jacobean drama includes Shakespeare's later plays and the darker tragedies of Webster and Middleton.
The term comes from Jacobus, the Latin form of James: a Jacobean manor house, the Jacobean era.
Author of stage dramas
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- masqueCourtly theatrical entertainment
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
- blank verseUnrhymed iambic pentameter
theatre · Webster · Middleton · Ford · Beaumont · Fletcher · tragicomedy · stage
Quercus genus member
- carvedCut to create form
- balusterRailing support column
- turningAct of rotating
- marquetryDecorative veneer patterning
cupboard · refectory table · chest · coffer · buffet · stretcher · mortise and tenon · joinery
Scottish-origin English dynasty
- Gunpowder PlotCatholic conspiracy against James
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- witch trialsLegal proceedings against alleged sorcerers
divine right · Thirty Years' War · colonization · tobacco trade · Protestant
Verse blending intellect and emotion
- DonneEnglish metaphysical poet-priest
- JonsonElizabethan dramatist Ben
- proseUnversified language
- sermonClergy's worship address
devotional · character sketch · essay · satire · epigram · patronage · religious controversy · Bacon
Triangular upper wall sections
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- red brickKiln-hardened clay block
- great hallLarge central meeting room
- chimneypieceFireplace's ornamental surround
playwright
Author of stage dramas
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- masqueCourtly theatrical entertainment
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
blank verse · theatre · Webster · Middleton · Ford · Beaumont · Fletcher · tragicomedy · stage · performance
oak
Quercus genus member
marquetry · cupboard · refectory table · chest · coffer · buffet · stretcher · mortise and tenon · joinery · panelling
Stuart
Scottish-origin English dynasty
- Gunpowder PlotCatholic conspiracy against James
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
witch trials · divine right · Thirty Years' War · colonization · tobacco trade · Protestant
metaphysical poetry
Verse blending intellect and emotion
sermon · devotional · character sketch · essay · satire · epigram · patronage · religious controversy · Bacon · Burton
gables
Triangular upper wall sections
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- red brickKiln-hardened clay block
- great hallLarge central meeting room
JacobeanVictorian
Of a prim era
Elizabethan · Tudor · modern · Georgian · contemporary
Jacobeanmodernist
Advocate of experimental forms
minimalist · Bauhaus · contemporary · mid-century modern · streamlined