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.
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
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:
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:
Download or read book The Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren written by Christopher Wren and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christpher Wren with a Brief View of the Progress of Architecture in England from the Beginning of the Reign of Charles the First to the End of the Seventeenth Century written by James Elmes and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren From the Parentalia Or Memoirs written by Christopher Wren and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2019-09-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Download or read book Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren written by C. Wren and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christopher Wren written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-04-23 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive, concise, and very interesting... From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. -
Download or read book Sir Christopher Wren His Family and His Times written by Lucy Phillimore and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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.
Download or read book Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren written by Christopher Wren and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren With a Brief View of the Progress of Architecture in England From the Beginning of the Reign of Charles the First to the End of the Seventeenth Century written by James Elmes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren, With a Brief View of the Progress of Architecture in England, From the Beginning of the Reign of Charles the First to the End of the Seventeenth Century The following Memoirs, illustrative of the life and works of our greatest architect, were began by me nearly fourteen years ago, as introductory to a large work which I proposed to publish on the Cathedral of St. Paul, his greatest architectural performance. This being abandoned, and my drawings being engraved for another publication, I then intended to reprint the Parentalia, with the new matter which I had collected as an appendix; but subsequent and important additions, and an attentive perusal of that part of Parentalia which relates to Sir Christopher Wren, induced me to attempt an enlarged and entirely new life. 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.
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren with a View of the Progress of Architecture in England from the Reign of Charles the First to the End of the Seventeenth Century Etc written by James ELMES and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 2015-06-26 with total page 416 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 The materials necessary for writing a life of Sir Christopher Wren are so difficult of access as possibly to explain the unsatisfactory character of such biographies as do exist. Mr. James Elmes, who venerated Wren's genius, published in 1823, a Life which contained a careful if a dry account of Wren's architectural works and of some of his scientific discoveries. He also published a smaller work, 'Sir C. Wren and his Times,' intended perhaps to give a flavour of personal interest to the other volume. Neither book succeeds in doing this, and both have suffered from the circumstance that Mr. Elmes' failing eyesight did not permit him to correct the proofs of either work, and accordingly many serious errors as to names and dates stand unaltered in them. There is a sketch of Wren in the British Family Library, one published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and one in the 'Biographica Britannica,' but in them all it is with some of the works of the great architect that we become acquainted, not with himself. 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.
Download or read book On a Grander Scale written by Lisa Jardine and published by Harper. This book was released on 2003-01-21 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trough the prism of the tumultuous life and brilliant intellect of Sir Christopher Wren, the multitalented architect of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, historian Lisa Jardine unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late-seventeenth-century science and ideas. The man behind the bold, imposing beauty of Saint Paul's was as remarkable as the monuments he has left us. Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skillful anatomist, and a founder of the Royal Society, he eventually made a career in what he described disparagingly in later life as "Rubbish " -- architecture, and the design and construction of public buildings. Wren was a major figure at a turning point in English history. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings; lived and worked under six monarchs; pursued astronomy and medicine during two civil wars; exercised his creativity through the English Commonwealth, the Great Fire, the Restoration. His royal employment out lasted abdication, Dutch invasion, and the eventual extinction of the Stuart dynasty. Beyond the public achievements, Jardine explores Wren's personal motivations and passions. He was a sincere, intensely moral man with a remarkable capacity for friendship. His career was shaped by lasting associations forged during a turbulent boyhood and a lifelong loyalty to the memory of his father's master and benefactor, the "martyred king," Charles I. Everything Wren undertook, he envisaged on a grander scale -- bigger, better, more enduring than anything that had gone before.
