Product details

Art.No:

73425

Author / Artist:

Wren, Christopher - Stephen Wren [Hg.]

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

But chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, Late Surveyor-General of the Royal Buildings [...]. In which is contained, besides his works, aa great number of original papers and records on religion, politicks, anatomy, mathematicks, architecture, antiquities, and

Keyword:

Architektur - Geschichte

Binding / Picture Size:

OLwd.

Publisher:

Gregg Press

Place of publishing:

Farnborough

Year of publication:

1965

Book Details / Size:

4°, Frontispiz, XII, 366 S, zahlreiche, oft gefaltete Taf.

Condition:

Rücken etw. beschienen, Kapitale etw. gedrückt, innen tadellos.

Description:

EA dieses Reprints der Ausgabe London, bei T. Osborn 1750. Exemplar des Schweizer Architektur- und Kunsthistorikers Georg Germann (1935 - 2016). - «Sir Christopher Wren PRS (1632 - 1723) is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.[3] He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710. The principal creative responsibility for a number of the churches is now more commonly attributed to others in his office, especially Nicholas Hawksmoor. Other notable buildings by Wren include the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and the south front of Hampton Court Palace. The Wren Building, the main building at the College of William and Mary, Virginia, is attributed to Wren. Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the University of Oxford, Wren was a notable anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist, as well as an architect. He was a founder of the Royal Society (president 1680–82), and his scientific work was highly regarded by Isaac Newton and Blaise Pascal.»