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Artisan Mannerism is a style of British architecture popular between 1615 and 1675. The term was first coined by the leading British architectural historian Sir John Summerson. He described it as a development of Jacobean architecture which was the second phase of Renaissance architecture in Britain, following the Elizabethan style.[1] During the reign of King Charles I, the style was contemporary and parallel which the Renaissance classical architecture by Inigo Jones, which outside of Court, Church and University architecture failed to gain popularity in Britain until the final years of the 17th century. [2] By 1675, the style has passed from fashion. [3]
Artisan Mannerism principally came about due to the frequency of employing stonemasons and craftsmen, more experienced with Tudor architecture than Renaissance, to interpret a patron's wishes rather than employing a more expensive and rarely found architect. What knowledge of the Renaissance these masons did have came from the then current work of Inigo Jones, in London, and pattern books rather than familiarity with Florence and its architecture.[4] Therefore, drawing on a wide and eclectic range of motifs the masons' work resulted in a new hybrid style which was naive, but not unattractive new style, incorporating the classical without eschewing an array of other references.[5] Adapting easily from farmhouse to palace, Artisan Mannerism appealed to a wide section of British society. As an evolved architectural style, rather than Jones' suddenly introduced style, Artisan Mannerism can be considered the natural successor to the Jacobean style.[6]