Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

In Category - Biography & Autobiography, Early Modern, Christianity - Other, Technology & Engineering, Art, Design & Architecture

Authors: Lawrence Weaver In Year : 1923

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Sir Christopher Wren: Scientist, Scholar and Architect

Preface
Chapter 1: Parentage And Childhood
Chapter 2: Oxford Career And Early Inventions
Chapter 3: Family Life
Chapter 4: Astronomer, Mathematician, And Natural Scientist
Chapter 5: Beginnings Of Architecture And Visit To Paris
Chapter 6: Town-Planning
Chapter 7: St. Paul's Cathedral
Chapter 8: The City Churches
Chapter 9: Chelsea Hampton Court, And Greenwich
Chapter 10: Other Buildings: Public And Domestic
Chapter 11: Wren And His Contemporaries: Last Years
Chapter 12: The Professional Man
Chapter 13: Student And Scholar
Chapter 14: 'The Architect Of Adventure'

This 1923 monograph on the life and work of Sir Christopher Wren was written by Lawrence Weaver, an English architectural writer and editor. Though this recording naturally omits the illustrations and photographs of the printed edition, the text is clear, informative, and interesting. Wren comes to life and his work is knowledgeably described by an expert in architecture. This recording omits the three appendices and the section on authorities and acknowledgments. The text refers many times to a book, Parentalia, published by Wren’s son. This is: Parentalia: Or, Memoirs Of The Family Of The Wrens… The biographies of Sir Christopher Wren and two earlier members of the Wren family are followed by four short tracts by Sir Christopher on the aesthetics and origins of architecture, and by notes on the temple of Diana at Ephesus and on the 'temple of peace' (i.e. basilica of Constantine) and temple of Mars Ultor at Rome. - Summary by david wales