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St Paul's Cathedral is known as Sir Christopher Wren's masterwork, combiningenaissance and Baroque elements with a geometric form. It is a celebrationf the refinement of the Vitruvian Orders and testimony to Wren's capacity totilize traditional Gothic and Renaissance building methods within his owne-examination of architectural practice based on empirical reasoning and hisathematical knowledge.;The book provides a through analysis of Wren'snitial Cathedral schemes to the final built design - the first Protestantathedral to be built in Britain. The details both of the exterior and thenterior, as well as the Cathedral's constructed dome, have been extensivelyhotographed providing a presentation of this building. Built over a 30-yeareriod following the Great Fire, the Cathedral still dominates the City ofondon.Hart, Vaughan is the author of 'St Paul's Cathedral, London 1675-1710 Architect Christopher Wren', published 0010 under ISBN 9780714829982 and ISBN 0714829986.
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