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fresh look at the Eastern origins of Christopher Wrens architecture In this revelatory study of one of the great architects in British history Vaughan Hart considers Christopher Wrensinterest in Eastern antiuity and Ottoman architecture an interest that would animate much of his theory and practice As the early modern understanding of antiuity broadened to include new discoveries at Palmyra and Persepolis Wren disputed common assumptions about the European origins of Classical and Gothic architecture tracing these building traditions not to theGreeks or Germans but to the stonemasons of the biblical East In a deft analysis Hart contextualizes Wrens use of classical elementscolumns domes and cross planswithin his enthusiasm for the East and the broader Anglican interest in the Eastern church A careful study of diary records reappraises Wrens working relationship with Robert Hookewho shared in many of Wrens theoretical commitments The result is a new deepened understanding of Wrens workA fresh look at the Eastern origins of Christopher Wrenrsquos architecture

In this revelatory study of one of the great architects in British history, Vaughan Hart considers Christopher Wrenrsquosndashinterest in Eastern antiquity and Ottoman architecture, an interest that would animate much of his theory and practice.
As the early modern understanding of antiquity broadened to include new discoveries at Palmyra and Persepolis, Wren disputed common assumptions about the European origins of Classical and Gothic architecture, tracing these building traditions not to theGreeks or Germans but to the stonemasons of the biblical East.
In a deft analysis, Hart contextualizes Wrenrsquos use of classical elementsmdashcolumns, domes, and cross plansmdashwithin his enthusiasm for the East and the broader Anglican interest in the Eastern church.
A careful study of diary records reappraises Wrenrsquos working relationship with Robert Hookendash, who shared in many of Wrenrsquos theoretical commitments, The result is a new, deepened understanding of Wrenrsquos work, A fresh look at the Eastern origins of Christopher Wrenrsquos architecture

In this revelatory study of one of the great architects in British history, Vaughan Hart considers Christopher Wrenrsquosndashinterest in Eastern antiquity and Ottoman architecture, an interest that would animate much of his theory and practice.
As the early modern understanding of antiquity broadened to include new discoveries at Palmyra and Persepolis, Wren disputed common assumptions about the European origins of Classical and Gothic architecture, tracing these building traditions not to theGreeks or Germans but to the stonemasons of the biblical East.
In a deft analysis, Hart contextualizes Wrenrsquos use of classical elementsmdashcolumns, domes, and cross plansmdashwithin his enthusiasm for the East and the broader Anglican interest in the Eastern church.
A careful study of diary records reappraises Wrenrsquos working relationship with Robert Hookendash, who shared in many of Wrenrsquos theoretical commitments, The result is a new, deepened understanding of Wrenrsquos work, .