John White

The Manner of Their Fishing

1585

Artist Explorer

First surviving image of European discovery

From the lost colony of Roanoke

Drawn using best views of each object

Includes interpreted indian words (canoe)

John White

Indian Village of Secoton

1585/86

First example of native american town planning

Drawn from hillside looking down at Indian Town

Adam Thoroughgood House

1685

casement windows

parlor hall vs parlor room- two room floor plan

St. Lukes Church

1632

buttresses

            stained-glass windows

Parson Capen House

·      Name and date were carved into house

·      Built for the clergy who oversaw the community

·      Puritan town in New England

·      Has Parlor and Hall room, the Parlor room is larger for the sake of

Stanley-Whitman House

1720

lean-to

overhang

Old Ship Meeting House

1681

ceiling beams are spectacular

Charlestown Stonecutter

Joseph Tapping Stone

1678

o   fugit hora- flight of hours, hours fly by

o   memento mori- mindful of death

o   one of the most celebrated stones

o   Puritan origin

o   image in lower center illustrates a particular passage in a poem-shows Tapping families wealth

  the burning candle is reference to life, which is about to be extinguished by a skeleton but can’t because father time is holding the skeletons arm

Samuel Clement

John Freake

1674

·      only see ¾ of figure because it suggests the full figure with out having to paint the whole thing

·      use of a dark background

·      limner (to lim)- artist has had little or no art training, use a lot of line and fill with color. Try to work in a old European style.

Samuel Clement

Mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary

1674