The V&A Guide to Period Styles

Nearly 20 styles are featured, ranging from the introduction of European Renaissance ornament at the Tudor courts through the splendour of the Baroque, the elegance of Neo-classicism and the romance of the Medieval revival, to the innovative and striking work of the Arts and Crafts Movement.nnSignificant designers, patrons and arbiters of taste are included, along with the major building and interiors for which they were responsible. The majority of works illustrated come from the V&A's superlative collections of British art and design, now on view in the newly re-opened British Galleries.nnStyle featured:nRenaissancenJacobeannRestorationnBaroquenPalladianismnRococonChinoiserienNeoclassicismnMedieval RevivalnRegency ClassicismnChinese and Indian StylesnGothic RevivialnFrench StylenClassical and Renaissance RevivalnInfluences from beyond EuropenInfluence of JapannAestheticismnArts and CraftsnScottish School