Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren was an English architect and scientist, best known for designing St Paul's Cathedral and more than fifty other London churches after the Great Fire of 1666.
His work defined English Baroque architecture.
Wren also made contributions to astronomy and mathematics before turning primarily to architecture.
Wren's influence shaped London's skyline for centuries.
London's principal Anglican church
- MonumentCommemorative structure or landmark
- City of LondonLondon's original walled settlement
- Royal ObservatoryAstronomy institution at Greenwich
- GreenwichLondon district, meridian origin
Hampton Court · Kensington Palace · Guildhall · Thames · Fleet Street · rebuilding · commission
UK's national science academy
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
microscopy · Saturn · anatomy · geometry · optics · telescope · natural philosophy
St. Paul's Cathedral
London's principal Anglican church
- MonumentCommemorative structure or landmark
- City of LondonLondon's original walled settlement
- Royal ObservatoryAstronomy institution at Greenwich
Greenwich · Hampton Court · Kensington Palace · Guildhall · Thames · Fleet Street · rebuilding · commission
Royal Society
UK's national science academy
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- OxfordHistoric English university town
Cambridge · microscopy · Saturn · anatomy · geometry · optics · telescope · natural philosophy
St. Paul's Cathedral
London's principal Anglican church
column · pediment · arch · nave · apse · chancel · transept · portico · facade · colonnade
ornamentation
Decorative additions to something
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
gilding · opulence · curves · pilasters · cornices · balustrades · pediment · colonnade · cupolas · facade
- British ArchitectsInigo Jones, John Nash
- Baroque ArchitectsBernini
- ArchitectsFrank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry, I.M. Pei, Gaudi, Brunelleschi
- 17th Century FiguresOliver Cromwell, Louis XIV, Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Rembrandt
- Oxford PeopleC.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Stephen Hawking
- PolymathsLeonardo da Vinci, Aristotle, polymath, Benjamin Franklin, Leibniz
Christopher WrenGothic Revival
Architectural return to medieval forms
Antoni Gaudí · Frank Gehry · deconstructivism · William Morris · Frank Lloyd Wright