A Jacobean building, piece of furniture, or work of art was built or produced in Britain in the style of the period between 1603 and 1625. belonging to or typical of the period between 1603 and 1623 in Britain, when James I was king of England (Jacobaeus, from Jacobus )
From the Latin Jacobus, "James " General term for English styles built during the reigns of James I, Charles I, Cromwell, Charles II, and James II See also Restoration
any distinguished personage during the reign of James I of or relating to James I or his reign or times; "Jacobean writers
Of or pertaining to a style of architecture and decoration in the time of James the First, of England
Early 17th century English furniture with a medieval appearance and dark finish Furniture from this period can be extremely simple or covered with carvings
Loosely used to refer to the 17th century (1600-1699), but literally the style period from 1600-1650 Furniture of this period was characterized by vivacious carving on solid forms
Period in the visual and literary arts during the reign of James I (Latin Jacobus) of England (r. 1603-25). Jacobean architecture combines motifs from the late Gothic period with Classical details and Tudor pointed arches and interior paneling. Jacobean furniture, made of oak, featured heavy forms and bulbous legs. Inigo Jones, following the theories and works of Andrea Palladio, introduced the Classical style of Renaissance architecture into England. Most Jacobean portraitists and sculptors were foreign-born or foreign-influenced, and their efforts faded when such Flemish painters as Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck worked in England for James's successor, Charles I. See also Jacobean literature
Body of works written during the reign of James I of England (1603-25). The successor to Elizabethan literature, Jacobean literature was often dark in mood, questioning the stability of the social order; some of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies may date from the beginning of the period, and other dramatists, including John Webster, were often preoccupied with the problem of evil. The era's comedy included the acid satire of Ben Jonson and the varied works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. Jacobean poetry included the graceful verse of Jonson and the Cavalier poets but also the intellectual complexity of the Metaphysical poetry of John Donne and others. In prose, writers such as Francis Bacon and Robert Burton showed a new toughness and flexibility of style. The era's monumental prose achievement was the King James Version of the Bible (1611)