Geoffrey Beard

Sir Christopher Wren

The Work of Christopher Wren

Guildhall Library (London, England)

The Design of St. Paul's Cathedral

Designs and Drawings by Sir Christopher Wren for St. Paul's Cathedral

The Parochial Churches of Sir Christopher Wren, 1666-1718 ...

Christopher Wren, 1632-1723

Geoffrey W. Beard

Studie over het werk van de Engelse architect (1632-1723)

Angelo Hornak

Vaughan Hart

Mr Vaughan Hart

St Paul's Cathedral is one of the most magnificent buildings ever constructed. With arches modelled on those in the ancient Basilica of Maxentius and a huge dome rivaling that of St Peter's, Wren's Cathedral reflects the glory of ancient and modern Rome. In structure, form and detail the design exemplifies Wren's principle of natural beauty, which he justified with reference to the history of architecture and the hidden truths of nature as cultivated by seventeenth-century science. Wren advised the architect 'to think his judges...those that are to live five centuries after him, as (well as) those of his own time', and St Paul's represents Wren's own attempt to set in stone an architecture of eternal validity.

St Paul's Cathedral

'Court Orders' with a Supplement of Official Papers from the Public Record Office, Welbeck Abbey, &c

The Wren Ms

Designs by Sir Chr. Wren for Westminster Abbey

Original Wren Drawings from the Collection in the Library of St. Paul's Cathedral ...

St. Paul's Cathedral

Sir Christopher Wren

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