English 330: Introduction to Renaissance Studies

Spring 1997
Professor Rebecca Bushnell


Section IV: Rural Pleasures & Labors

Materials


Country Estates

I. [IMG] II. [IMG]

(I. 204k, II. 150k)

Mapping the Estate. The first image (I) is taken from William Leybourne's The Compleat Surveyor, (1653) which provided a model for drafting plans of estates. The second (II) is a detail from Samuel Walker's map of Garnetts, Essex (1622). [Larger versions of I. (336k), II. (209k).]


Country Houses

I. II. III. IV.

(I. 122k, II. 232k, III. 132k, IV. 57k)

Penshurst Place. The images above are two different views of the exterior (I, II), a view of the great hall (III), and a plan of the great hall (VI). [Larger versions of I. (339k), II. (402k), III. (248k), IV. (65k).]

V. VI. VII. VIII.

(V. 93k, VI. 192k, VII. 173k, VIII. 116k)

Hatfield House. The images above are two different views of the exterior (V, VI), a view of the great hall (VII), and a plan of the first floor (VIII). [Larger versions of V. (223k), VI. (290k), VII. (320k), VIII. (177k).]

IX. X.

(IX. 111k, X. 265k)

These two images are from the text of Gervase Markham's The English Husbandman (1613). The first image (IX) is the title page; the second (X) is a diagram and key for his own design of a country house. [Larger version of II. (358k).]


The Shepheard's Calender

I. II. III. IV. V. VI.

(I. 164k, II. 306k, III. 172k, IV. 293k, V. 164k, VI. 292k)

These are images from the text of Spenser's Shepheard's Calendar. Included are a view of the full page and a closeup of the woodcut alone for the months of April (I, II), September (III, IV), and October (V, VI). [Larger versions of I. (339k), II. (316k), III. (266k), IV. (383k), V. (252k), VI. (376k).]


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