Which architectural style was widely promoted by the famous Inigo Jones?
Neoclassical architecture represented in the Palladian architecture of Georgian Britain and Ireland. The baroque style had never truly been to the English taste. Four influential books were published in the first quarter of the 18th century which highlighted the simplicity and purity of classical architecture: "Vitruvius Britannicus" (Colen Campbell 1715), "Palladio's Four Books of Architecture" (1715), "De Re Aedificatoria" (1726) and "The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs" (1727). The most popular was the four-volume "Vitruvius Britannicus" by Colen Campbell. The book contained architectural prints of famous British buildings that had been inspired by the great architects from Vitruvius to
Inigo Jones Inigo Jones Inigo Jones (; 15 July 1573 – 21 June 1652) was the first significant. English architect (of Welsh ancestry) in the early modern period, and the first to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings. As the most notable architect in England, Jones was the first person to introduce the classical architecture of Rome and the Italian Renaissance to Britain. He left his mark on London by his design of single buildings, such as the Queen's House which is the first building in England designed in a pure classical style, and the Banqueting House, Whitehall,