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

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Paperback, 744 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2015
ISBN13: 9781108080798
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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.

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ISBN13:9781108080798
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:744

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Preface; The Life of Sir Christopher Wren; Appendix; Index.

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