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St. Paul's Cathedral : Sir Christopher Wren / Vaughan Hart.
Series: Architecture in detail | Architecture in detail (London, England)Publication details: London : Phaidon Press, 1995.Description: 60 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0714829986
- Sir Christopher Wren
- NA5470.S5 H35 1995
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NA 5470 .S5 H27 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 40523 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 60).
St Paul's Cathedral is one of the most magnificent buildings ever constructed. With arches modelled on those in the ancient Basilica of Maxentius and a huge dome rivaling that of St Peter's, Wren's Cathedral reflects the glory of ancient and modern Rome. In structure, form and detail the design exemplifies Wren's principle of natural beauty, which he justified with reference to the history of architecture and the hidden truths of nature as cultivated by seventeenth-century science. Wren advised the architect 'to think his judges...those that are to live five centuries after him, as (well as) those of his own time', and St Paul's represents Wren's own attempt to set in stone an architecture of eternal validity.
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