Wren PB

Автор: Margaret Whinney
Название:  Wren PB
Перевод названия: Врен архитектура
ISBN: 9780500201121
Издательство: Thames & Hudson
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ISBN-10: 0500201129
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 216
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 24.05.1971
Серия: World of Art series
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 166 illustrations, black and white
Размер: 217 x 150 x 16
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Поставляется из: Европейский союз
Описание: Sir Christopher Wren overcame a complete lack of formal training and scant firsthand knowledge of European architecture to become a master of his art. He built nothing before he was thirty; but by the time he was seventy and still very active, his achievements rivaled those of any European architect. Wren was gifted with a fertile imagination, and his artistic gifts were complemented by his brilliant technical ingenuity. This combination is apparent in Wrens greatest work, St. Pauls Cathedral in London, which required rebuilding after the Great Fire of 1666. The famous dome of St. Pauls is a masterpiece of engineering, but it is also considered among the most beautiful in the world; it occupies a striking place in the London skyline as a legacy to Englands greatest architect. This intelligent, well-illustrated survey by the late Margaret Whinney includes discussions of Wrens churches and secular buildings, and provides a look at several of his unexecuted designs.