A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 152
tury work below, andhere, as elsewhere. Wren seems to have paid the very scantiestattention to the nature of the older work with which he hadto deal. Meanwhile Wren had devoted his best energies to the newCathedral of St. Pauls. The first idea had been to patch upthe ruins left by the Fire, and… … J-roiu Bi?xhs City CJunxhes. ST. Pauls cathedral from the west,(by sir c. wren.) CHAP, vii] SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN 123 was at once instructed to clear the site of the ruins, a difficulttask which he carried out with his usual address, and to preparedesigns for an entirely new cathedral. Wren prepared…
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