UID:
almafu_9960118907902883
Format:
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-13690-6
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Art and architecture
Content:
James Elmes (1782-1862), the son of a builder, trained at the Royal Academy Schools as an architectural designer, but his career encompassed publishing and writing on architecture as well. A friend of Benjamin Robert Haydon and his circle, he was the first publisher (in his Annals of Fine Arts) of Keats' most famous odes. This work - the first biography of Wren - was published in 1823, and is dedicated to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, of which Wren was a founder member in 1660. Elmes based his work on the so-called 'Parentalia', or notes on the Wren family compiled by his son (also Christopher), and privately printed by his grandson Stephen in 1750. Elmes puts Wren's life and works into the context of the intellectual ferment of Restoration England, and combines the narrative of Wren's life with an architectural commentary on his most important works.
Note:
Originally published in London by Priestley and Weale in 1823.
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Preface -- The Life of Sir Christopher Wren -- Appendix -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-08079-0
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316136904
