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His Invention So Fertile (Hardcover: Illustrated: 504 pages)

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Author:Adrian Tinniswood
Format:Hardcover: Illustrated: 504 pages.
Publisher:Oxford Univ Pr (01/01/2002)
ISBN:0195149890
ISBN13:9780195149890
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    Tinniswood's account sometimes gasps under the weight of overabundant detail, but it adds much to our understanding of Wren in the context of his time....

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    This is an intelligent and workmanlike biography, although hardly a page-turner, and salted with wry comments throughout. It bogs down in long passages reciting the names of workers at St. Paul's or elsewhere..., then soars to heights of brevity and clarity in the discussion of the design of the cathedral's dome....Despite the rather awkward title, this is a biography of the man, not a monograph on his work. It sets him firmly into his times....Tinniswood's is the latest in a long line of books on this extraordinary man and his enduring works. It will hold its place among them.

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  • In His Invention So Fertile, Adrian Tinniswood offers the first biography of Christopher Wren in a generation. It is a book that reveals the full depth of Wren's multifaceted genius, not only as one of the greatest architects who ever lived--the designer of St. Paul's Cathedral--but as an
    influential seventeenth-century scientist.
    Tinniswood writes with insight and flair as he follows Wren from Wadham College, Oxford, through the turmoil of the English Civil War, to his role in helping to found the Royal Society--the intellectual and scientific heart of seventeenth-century England. The reader discovers that the great
    architect was initially an astronomer who was also deeply interested in medicine, physics, and mathematics. Family connections pulled him into architecture, with a commission to restore the chapel at Pembroke College, Cambridge. Tinniswood deftly follows Wren's rise as architect, capturing the
    atmosphere of Restoration London, as old Royalists scrambled for sinecures from Charles II and Wren learned the art of political infighting at court, finally becoming Surveyor of the Royal Works-the King's engineer. Most important, the author recounts the intriguing story of the building of St.
    Paul's. The Great Fire of 1666--vividly recreated in Tinniswood's narrative--left London a smoldering husk. Wren played a central role in reshaping the city, culminating with St. Paul's, his masterpiece--though he had to steer between King and cathedral authorities to get his radical, domed design
    built. As the Enlightenment dawned in England, Wren's magnificent dome rose above London, soon to become an icon of London and worldarchitecture.
    One of the most influential architects in history, Christopher Wren comes vividly to life in this fittingly grand biography.

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