Main entry:

Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière.

Title & Author:

Hawksmoor's London churches : architecture and theology / Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Description:

xix, 179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-172) and index.
1. Wren, Hawksmoor, and the Wonders of the World -- 2. Hawksmoor and the Divines -- 3. Hawksmoor's Aspiring Steeples -- App. 1. Chronological List of Representations of the Temple of Jerusalem in the English Language, 1627-1741 -- App. 2. Sir Christopher Wren's Letter of Recommendations to a Friend on the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches -- App. 3. George Hickes's Observations on John Vanbrugh's Proposals about Building the Fifty New Churches -- App. 4. Rules for the Fifty New Churches Set Down by the Commissioners and Their Subcommittee.

Summary:

"Six remarkable churches built by Nicholas Hawksmoor from 1712 to 1731 still tower over London. Their striking limestone steeples and luminous interiors were designed by him for a parliamentary commission intent on affirming the majesty of the Anglican Church. In Hawksmoor's London Churches, architectural historian Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey argues that though each church is unique, they can be viewed as an integrated whole - a single masterpiece that reflects the architect's design principles and his client's wish to return to the purity of early Christian times."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226173011 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226173016 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226173038 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226173030 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736 Criticism and interpretation.
Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736 Critique et interprétation
Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736.
Hawksmoor, Nicholas 1661-1736
Hawksmoor, Nicholas, (1661-1736)
Hawksmoor, Nicholas.
Church architecture England London.
Architecture religieuse Angleterre Londres.
Architecture chrétienne Angleterre Londres.
Buildings.
Church architecture.
Bildband
Kirchenbau
Kerkgebouwen.
Architecture religieuse Grande-Bretagne Londres (GB)
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Londres (Angleterre) Constructions
England London.
London
English architects.
Churches Great Britain England London 1700-1740.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 211224
Call No.: NA44.H395.9 D8 2000
Status: Available