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Author | : James W. P. Campbell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2020-03-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780500295502 |
Building St Paul's tells the story of the cathedral that has dominated London's skyline for 300 years and of those responsible for its construction from the time of the disastrous Great Fire to final completion in 1708. The figure of Sir Christopher Wren is well known, but this book also considers those ordinary craftsmen, the contractors and overseers, the quarrymen on the Isle of Portland, the humble stonemasons and carpenters who shaped the materials. James Campbell is the first historian to plough through the documents in search of these people: he describes life on a seventeenth-century building site, the workers' day-to-day responsibilities, how some were poorly paid while others became millionaires. He also unravels the struggles for money that at one time threatened to undermine the whole enterprise. Campbell's account reaffirms St Paul's not only as one man's masterwork, but as an incredible collaborative achievement.
Author | : Lecturer in Modern British History Arthur Burns |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0300092768 |
The present St Paul's Cathedral, Christopher Wren's masterpiece, is the fourth religious building to occupy the site. Its location in the heart of the capital reflects its importance in the English church while the photographs of it burning during the Blitz forms one of the most powerful and familiar images of London during recent times. This substantial and richly illustrated study, published to mark the 1,400th anniversary of St Paul's, presents 42 scholarly contributions which approach the cathedral from a range of perspectives. All are supported by photographs, illustrations and plans of the exterior and interior of St Paul's, both past and present. Eight essays discuss the history of St Paul's, demonstrating the role of the cathedral in the formation of England's church and state from the 7th century onwards; nine essays examine the organisation and function of the cathedral during the Middle Ages, looking at, for example, the arrangement of the precinct, the tombs, the Dean's household during the 15th century, the liturgy and the archaeology. The remaining papers examine many aspects of Wren's cathedral, including its construction, fittings and embellishments, its estates and income, music and rituals, its place in London, its library, its role in the book trade and its reputation.
Author | : James W. P. Campbell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Church architecture |
ISBN | : 9780500342442 |
Building St Paul's tells the story of this remarkable building and of those responsible for its construction, from the time of the disastrous Great Fire to the cathedral's final completion in 1708. Christopher Wren is well known, yet this book also considers those ordinary craftsmen whose work on St Paul's has received less attention: the contractors and overseers, the quarrymen on the Isle of Portland, the humble stonemasons and carpenters who shaped the materials. It also unravels the complicated tangle of the cathedral's finances and the struggles for money that at one time threatened to undermine the whole enterprise. By looking at such details, Campbell's account reaffirms St Paul's not only as one man's masterwork, but as an incredible collaborative achievement.
Author | : Nicola Camerlenghi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2018-08-30 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1108429513 |
The book traces nearly two thousand years of architectural transformations to St Paul's Basilica, one of Rome's principal churches.
Author | : Michael Bond |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0008272069 |
A funny picture book about Paddington, the beloved, classic bear from darkest Peru – now a major movie star!
Author | : Ernest Robert Sandeen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780816644094 |
Well known as the most prestigious and beautiful street in the Twin Cities, Summit Avenue runs past the opulent mansion of railroad tycoon James J. Hill, an early home of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and several residences designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert. In its heyday the four-and-one-half-mile-long boulevard included 13 churches, 9 schools, and 440 residences, 373 of which survive. St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue highlights the fascinating story of this boulevard, from its pre-Civil War origins, when the area was still considered wilderness, to its fashionable height at the turn of the century. Ernest R. Sandeen discusses the preservation of Summit Avenue and takes readers on a walking tour of the first and grandest mile of the street, beginning with the Cathedral of St. Paul. A second walking tour gives the reader Fitzgerald's Summit Avenue, including excerpts from his notebooks and stories describing the area. The book concludes with an index of Summit Avenue houses built through the 1970s. Before his death in 1982, Ernest R. Sandeen was the James Wallace Professor of History and codirector of the Living Historical Museum at Macalester College. He served as a member of St. Paul's Historic Preservation Commission and as a partner in Lanegran, Richter, and Sandeen, an architectural preservation, design, and land-use firm.
Author | : Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Author | : Mary Lethert Wingerd |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780801488856 |
The author brings together the voices of citizens and workers and the power dynamics of civic leaders including James J. Hill and Archbishop John Ireland.
Author | : Margaret Willes |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2022-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300249837 |
The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard--the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium St. Paul's Cathedral stands at the heart of London, an enduring symbol of the city. Less well known is the neighborhood at its base that hummed with life for over a thousand years, becoming a theater for debate and protest, knowledge and gossip. For the first time Margaret Willes tells the full story of the area. She explores the dramatic religious debates at Paul's Cross, the bookshops where Shakespeare came in search of inspiration, and the theater where boy actors performed plays by leading dramatists. After the Great Fire of 1666, the Churchyard became the center of the English literary world, its bookshops nestling among establishments offering luxury goods. This remarkable community came to an abrupt end with the Blitz. First the soaring spire of Old St. Paul's and then Wren's splendid Baroque dome had dominated the area, but now the vibrant secular society that had lived in their shadow was no more.
Author | : William Benham |
Publisher | : IndyPublish.com |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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