Hawksmoor's London Churches: Architecture and Theology

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University of Chicago Press, Jun 15, 2000 - Architecture - 179 pages
"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." --Book Jacket.

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Contents

Wren Hawksmoor and the Wonders of the World
3
Hawksmoor and the Divines
47
Hawksmoors Aspiring Steeples
81
Conclusion
119
Chronological List of Representations of the Temple of Jerusalem in the English Language 16271741
125
Sir Christopher Wrens Letter of Recommendations to a Friend on the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches
133
George Hickes Observations of John Vanbrughs Proposals about Building the Fifty New Churches
139
Rules for the Fifty New Churches Set Down by the Commissioners and Their Subcommittee
143
Notes
145
Bibliography
167
Index
173
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Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey is a professor in the Department of Art at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of several books, most recently The Villas of Pliny from Antiquity to Posterity.

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