Author : James Elmes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108080798
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (87 download)
Book Synopsis Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren by : James Elmes
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren written by James Elmes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Elmes (1782-1862), the son of a builder, trained at the Royal Academy Schools as an architectural designer, but his career encompassed publishing and writing on architecture as well. A friend of Benjamin Robert Haydon and his circle, he was the first publisher (in his Annals of Fine Arts) of Keats' most famous odes. This work - the first biography of Wren - was published in 1823, and is dedicated to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, of which Wren was a founder member in 1660. Elmes based his work on the so-called 'Parentalia', or notes on the Wren family compiled by his son (also Christopher), and privately printed by his grandson Stephen in 1750. Elmes puts Wren's life and works into the context of the intellectual ferment of Restoration England, and combines the narrative of Wren's life with an architectural commentary on his most important works.