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
by
James Elmes
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108080790
ISBN-13
9781108080798
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 5th, 2015
Print length
744 Pages
Weight
1,390 grams
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25.30 x 17.80 x 4.50 cms
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Architecture
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This 1823 work, the first biography of Wren, is based 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. James Elmes places Wren's life in the context of the intellectual ferment of Restoration England.
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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