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Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Paul Rabbitts
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784423238
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren written by Paul Rabbitts and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723) is now mostly remembered as a genius of architecture – but he was also an accomplished polymath, who only came to architecture quite late in life. Most famous as the mastermind behind the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral and more than fifty parish churches after the Great Fire of London, among his countless other projects Wren also designed the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, the Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich, and much of Hampton Court Palace. Replete with colourful images of his buildings, this concise biography tells the story of a man whose creations are still popular tourist attractions to this day, but also casts light on Wren's credentials as an intellectual and a founding member of the Royal Society.

On a Grander Scale

Author : Lisa Jardine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007107766
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book On a Grander Scale written by Lisa Jardine and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Sir Christopher Wren from one of Britain's best writers and historians

The City Churches of Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Paul Jeffery
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The City Churches of Sir Christopher Wren written by Paul Jeffery and published by Bloomsbury Continuum. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Fire of 1666 devastated the centre of London, with a loss of old St Paul's and eighty-six parish churches. Sir Christopher Wren, working with Commissioners appointed by Parliament, was responsible for rebuilding the cathedral and fifty-one of the parish churches, although the immediate need to start rebuilding made his design for an overall replanning of the City impossible. The work was funded by a tax on coals brought into the City of London. Much has been written about Wren's rebuilding of St Paul's, while the other fifty-ne parish chirches he was appointed to reconstruct are generally overlooked. This is the first modern book to examine them as a whole. Paul Jeffery describes how and when the churches were built, exploring the respective contributions of Wren and of his two principal assistants, Robert Hooke and Nicholas Hawksmoor. The result of their work was a unique set of contemporary churches. While not all are of the standard of Wren's masterpieces, such as St Stephen Walbrook and St Bride's, none is without architectural merit and interest. The second part of the book is a gazetteer of all the churches, including those that no longer exist. The book is heavily illustrated and provides a visual strong record of all the churches. Since they were built the Wren churches have suffered steady losses. St Christopher-le-Stocks was demolished in 1782 to make way for the Bank of England. Others, such as St Dionis Backchurch and St Antholin Budge Row, were lost to Victorian parish rationalisation. Many were destroyed or badly damaged in the Second World War. Only twenty-three of the original fifty-one remain. These are now under threat again, with the Templeman Report's proposal that only four of the existing churches (none by Wren) should be retained as parish churches. They provide a test case of conservation, sitting as they do in the middle of the City of London. The City Churches of Sir Christopher Wren presents a clear case both for their importance and for their preservation.

On a Grander Scale

Author : Lisa Jardine
Publisher : Harper Perennial
ISBN 13 : 9780060959104
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book On a Grander Scale written by Lisa Jardine and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2004-02-03 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything Sir Christopher Wren undertook, he envisaged on a grander scale -- bigger, better, more enduring than anything that had gone before. A versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity, he was a mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society. Eventually, he made a career in what he described disparagingly in later life as "Rubbish" -- the architecture, design, and construction of public buildings. Through the prism of Wren's tumultuous life and brilliant intellect, historian Lisa Jardine unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late-seventeenth-century science and ideas.

Sir Christopher Wren and His Times

Author : James Elmes
Publisher : London : Chapman & Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren and His Times written by James Elmes and published by London : Chapman & Hall. This book was released on 1852 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Heywood Gould
Publisher : Franklin Watts
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren written by Heywood Gould and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1970 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the architect who helped rebuild London after the fire of 1666 and who redesigned St. Paul's Cathedral.

The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Anthony Geraghty
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780754640714
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren written by Anthony Geraghty and published by Lund Humphries Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was the greatest architect of his time and is best known for his work in London after the Great Fire of 1666, in particular his iconic work on the restoration of St Paul's Cathedral. This catalogue is a comprehensive survey of the collection of Wren workshop drawings held by All Souls College, Oxford. It comprises 453 illustrations by Wren himself and by Edward Woodroofe, Thomas Laine and most notably by Nicholas Hawksmoor.

The Man who Built a City

Author : Rosemary Weir
Publisher : Farrar Straus Giroux
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Man who Built a City written by Rosemary Weir and published by Farrar Straus Giroux. This book was released on 1971 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the seventeenth-century inventor, astronomer, and mathematician principally known for his architectural achievements such as the rebuilding of London's St. Paul's Cathedral.

Sir Christopher Wren, His Family and His Times

Author : Lucy Phillimore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren, His Family and His Times written by Lucy Phillimore and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Lena Milman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren written by Lena Milman and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Lawrence Weaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren written by Lawrence Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Lucy Phillimore
Publisher : Lector House
ISBN 13 : 9789389701098
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren written by Lucy Phillimore and published by Lector House. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Christopher Wren This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Sir Christopher Wren His Family and His Times

Author : Phillimore Lucy
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318054411
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (544 download)

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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren His Family and His Times written by Phillimore Lucy and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Sir Christopher Wren, 1632-1723

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
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Sir Christopher Wren, His Family and His Times

Author : Lucy Phillimore
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267647200
Total Pages : 418 pages
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Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren, His Family and His Times written by Lucy Phillimore and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sir Christopher Wren, His Family and His Times: With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished, 1585-1723 Wren must perforce turn is, the Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens viz., of Matthew, Bishop of Ely; Christopher, Dean of Windsor and Registrar of the Garter; but chieﬂy of Sir Christopher Wren.' This work, a folio, with portraits 1 of the three whose lives it records, was published in London in 1750, dedicated to Mr. Speaker' Onslow. It was chiefly written by Christopher, the eldest surviving son of Sir Christopher Wren, finished and finally published by' Stephen Wren, M.D., the second and favourite, son of the Mr. C. Wren above mentioned, with care of Joseph Ames, ' a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Several copies were presented to the University of Oxford. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Sir Christopher Wren

Author : Lucy Phillimore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Christopher Wren

Author : Vaughan Hart
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies
ISBN 13 : 9781913107079
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Christopher Wren written by Vaughan Hart and published by Paul Mellon Centre for Studies. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the Eastern origins of Christopher Wren's architecture In this revelatory study of one of the great architects in British history, Vaughan Hart considers Christopher Wren's (1632-1723) interest in Eastern antiquity and Ottoman architecture, an interest that would animate much of his theory and practice. As the early modern understanding of antiquity broadened to include new discoveries at Palmyra and Persepolis, Wren disputed common assumptions about the European origins of Classical and Gothic architecture, tracing these building traditions not to the Greeks or Germans but to the stonemasons of the biblical East. In a deft analysis, Hart contextualizes Wren's use of classical elements--columns, domes, and cross plans--within his enthusiasm for the East and the broader Anglican interest in the Eastern church. A careful study of diary records reappraises Wren's working relationship with Robert Hooke (1635-1703), who shared in many of Wren's theoretical commitments. The result is a new, deepened understanding of Wren's work. Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art