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dc.coverage.spatialSite: London, England, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1675-1710 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWren, Christopheren_US
dc.date1675-1710en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-14T17:25:28Z
dc.date.available2013-03-14T17:25:28Z
dc.date.issued1675-1710en_US
dc.identifier199876en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1040en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/107638
dc.descriptionView looking up within the apse, with the Baldacchino at bottom; St. Paul's, the largest cathedral in England, is Wren's masterpiece and one of the finest church designs of the English Baroque. "Work was thus begun not on the traditional Latin-cross plan approved in May 1675 but on one in which the western part is, both inside and outside, sharply differentiated from the three-bay nave proper, equal in length to the choir. Thus the building appears to have a stretched but centralized plan with a western annexe. The elevations too were changed: the basilican aisled structure is completely encased in a continuous two-storey screen wall which gives both statical bracing and massive visual support to a dome almost as wide as that of the Great Model, a feature of every one of Wren's designs for St Paul's. The massive exterior thus created also hides the flying buttresses that strengthen the main vaults and appears virtually independent of the building within. This separation was carried on into the dome itself, from the many varied drawings of 1675 to the final structure." Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/25/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.titleSaint Paul's Cathedralen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-WC-SP-2-E8en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecathedralen_US
dc.contributor.displayChristopher Wren (British architect, 1632-1723)en_US


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