| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: London, England, United Kingdom | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1676-1684 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Wren, Christopher | en_US |
| dc.date | 1676-1684 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-14T17:23:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-14T17:23:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1676-1684 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 199778 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1038 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/107540 | |
| dc.description | View of organ showing case with six figures on top by Grinling Gibbons; Post-Reformation England had been generally over-provided with churches, and Wren was thus the first architect to face seriously the problem of designing for the Anglican liturgy. In 1711, in a paper of advice written for the benefit of another church-building programme, he succinctly identified the prime requirement as an 'auditory' in which all could see and hear, with additional seating in galleries placed over the side aisles - a formula not unlike that of his Sheldonian Theatre. He used this form, with a token chancel containing the altar table, in all the larger churches. The example he cited, St James, Piccadilly, is not in the City but in Westminster: it was built by Wren in 1676-1684 to serve a new area of growth in London's West End; although virtually rebuilt after war damage in 1940, this is also in appearance the best surviving example. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | brick; stone; wood; marble | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Palladian | en_US |
| dc.title | Saint James, Piccadilly | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-WC-SJC-D2 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | British | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | church | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Christopher Wren (British architect, 1632-1723) | en_US |
