Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren’s advancements during his time were some of the best and well known. He furthered science and technology as a professor and helped rebuild the lives of many through his architecture. Even with his being sick all the time he still was able to help and contribute. Wren’s many achievements and discoveries as well as his contribution to the London fire lead him to being remembered in history and influenced other scientists along the way. Christopher Wren’s architecture was greatly influenced

Diala Tadros MRS. Doyle HUM 102-301 10/15/16 Research paper St. Paul Cathedral Introduction: This semester my paper will be discussing Christopher Wren’s building “St. Paul’s Cathedral”, and why St. Paul’s Cathedral is considered to be the most important and famous masterpiece of England’s architecture? The St. Paul Cathedral of Sir Christopher Wren was chosen because it is famously interpreted in the baroque style in England, and dominated English architecture. St. Paul’s cathedral is one of

Introduction Topic [This semester my paper will be talking about Baroque Christopher Wren building “St. Paul’s Cathedral”] Question [who is Christopher wren’s? the building he design “St. Paul’s cathedral”. Rationale [The St. Paul’s cathedral building of Sir Christopher Wren was chosen because it is famous interpreted the baroque style in England and dominated English architecture] Thesis [Sir Christopher is an English architect, he studied at oxford, He build and designed one of the most important

Christopher Wren can be called the largest phenomena of English architecture of the period of the second half of 17th century and beginning of 18th century. His life is free from the rebellious quest of the previous generation and to the brim is filled with often very bold, but sure and planned development of what has been achieved in the field of exact sciences and then architecture. Fine arts, literature and, in general, the humanities, apparently did not fascinate him. The son of the abbot of

nights, destroying 13,200 houses and 87 churches, including Old St. Paul’s Cathedral. After the fire, King at the time, Charles II, and the Lord Mayor quickly organised the reconstruction of the city. Nine days after the start of the fire Sir Christopher Wren produced a plan for the city which included a

existence, in various buildings since 1841. St. Paul’s Cathedral, which was designed by the architect Sir Christopher Wren, is one of the commonest iconic Anglican Cathedral buildings. It is the tallest structure in London since its completion in 1710 till 1967 and it is the seat of the Bishop of London and is devoted to Paul, the Apostle. It dates back to the original church on the site. Wren was inspired by contemporary Renaissance trends in Italian architecture, and designed the cathedral in a

St. Paul’s Cathedral, in London, England, was designed by architect Sir Christopher Wren. Approval of this most significant architectural project took six years just for the plan. Construction, which began in 1675, took thirty-five years until finally complete in 1710. It was built to replace a church that had been leveled by the Great Fire of 1666. St. Paul's is the largest cathedral in England, and said to be Wren's masterpiece. He brought a range of new forms, and architectural combination into

The Baroque period spanned from 1600 to 1750. It was a time where new ideas were discovered and original boundaries were broken to reveal completely different aspects to architecture. Seen as an artistic style, Baroque was a powerful period, full of flamboyant concepts, derived to create drama. The Baroque period produced many magnificent buildings, every one extremely detailed. The catholic church started the Baroque movement through their bid to reclaim their crowd. The church attempted to do

The churches of London have been through a lot over the past few centuries and the show us every major phase of English history. The church had a great importance in the medieval society and transitioned now to the modern days. There are little events that changed the buildings inside and outside such as the laying of London Underground which damaged only one churches and there are big incidence such as the Great fire of London which completely destroyed or severely damaged over 80 churches. Since

St. Paul’s”, one of the largest Christian cathedrals in Europe. This 19th century (middle ages) building was 178 meters long, and 149 meters high, till it was struck in 1561 by lightning. The Greek cross design was made after the London Great Fire. Wren started to be more smart and thoughtful between the 16th to 17th century of English cathedral design. The great model was remarkable for two reasons, the classical style of Italian renaissance, and the centrally planned designs. The “Warrant” design