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The late designs of Inigo Jones for Whitehall Palace (1638) and Queen’s Chapel (1623) in London introduced English patrons to the prevailing architectural ideas of northern Italy in the late 16th century. Although he was influenced heavily by 16th-century architects such as Palladio, Serlio, and Vincenzo Scamozzi, Jones approached the Baroque spirit in his late works by unifying them with a refined compositional vigour. Sir Christopher Wren presented English Baroque in its characteristic restrained but intricate form in St. Stephen’s, Walbrook, London (1672), with its multiple changing views and spatial and structural complexity. Wren’s greatest achievement, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London ...(100 of 75935 words)