John Shute
John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in Cullompton, Devon. His book, The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture, was the first work in English on classical architecture. Shute's patron was John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, for whom he built a residential wing at Dudley Castle.
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John Shute
- Born
- 1510
- Died
- 1563
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Occupation
- architect · painter · writer
- Known for
- The First and Chiefe Groundes of Architecture
- Languages
- English
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John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in Cullompton, Devon. His book, The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture, was the first work in English on classical architecture. Shute's patron was John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, for whom he built a residential wing at Dudley Castle.
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Born in 1510, died in 1563.
The recorded working language is English. Works named in the authority record are The First and Chiefe Groundes of Architecture.
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- 1.Engraving in England in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries : a Descriptive Catalogue with Introductions. Part 1 The Tudor Period. Cambridge University Press. 1952.
- 2.A History of Devonshire with sketches of its leading wothies. Elliot Stock. 1895.
- 3.Treasures of Columbia University Libraries Special Collections Retrieved 2010-12-16
- 4.Christy. Anderson. Words Fail Me: architectural experience beyond language. Architecture et théorie. L’héritage de la Renaissance : Actes de colloque. Publications de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art. Actes de colloques. 2017-12-05. 978-2-917902-65-3. 2020-03-16.
- 5.Kenilworth Castle. English Heritage. 2010. 978-1-84802-075-7.
- 6.Théorie de l'architecture. Taschen. cop. 2015. 978-3-8365-5745-0.
- 7.The Renaissance and Reformation in northern Europe. University of Toronto Press. 2014. 978-1-4426-0715-6.
- 8.1911 Miniature https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Miniature Miniature
- 9.Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830. Yale University Press. 1993. 978-0-300-05886-4.
- 10.The Architect. University of California Press. 2000. 978-0-520-22604-3.
- 11.Muriel. Cunin. “Reliques of that barbarous Age” : Nouveauté et architecture à l'époque élisabéthaine. Esthétiques de la nouveauté à la Renaissance. Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle. Monde anglophone. 2018-02-02. 978-2-87854-857-0. 2020-03-16. 99–120.
- 12.JOHN SHUTE. Encyclopædia Universalis.
- 13.John Shute (d. 1563), The first and chief groundes of architecture Tudor colour printing.
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