Throwback Thursday #InigoJones is acclaimed as the first English architect who brought Italian Renaissance architecture to Britain. Born in 1573, he traveled extensively around the Europe and was deeply influenced by the Italian architect #AndreaPalladio. Serving as Surveyor to the King’s Works, his first task was to design the Queen’s House in Greenwich with its symmetrical and sturdy façade. He incorporated #Palladian architectural elements into Wilton House, a country home in Wiltshire. For royal festivities, he designed the Banqueting House in Whitehall with a glorious ceiling by the Flemish artist #PaulRubens. Following the fourth Earl of Bedford’s order—“I would have it not much better than a barn,” Jones designed the church of St Paul in Covent Garden. In 1989, the exhibition "Inigo Jones: Complete Architectural" Drawings at The Drawing Center presented 100 drawings by the renowned architect of the Elizabethan era. It was the first major exhibition works by this master draught...