02995nam 22005894a 450 991045007760332120200520144314.01-280-53235-10-19-534875-31-60256-468-X(CKB)1000000000029074(EBL)241381(OCoLC)475956462(SSID)ssj0000171359(PQKBManifestationID)11922768(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171359(PQKBWorkID)10132646(PQKB)10529826(MiAaPQ)EBC241381(Au-PeEL)EBL241381(CaPaEBR)ebr10085203(CaONFJC)MIL53235(OCoLC)437154841(EXLCZ)99100000000002907420010801d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHis invention so fertile[electronic resource] a life of Christopher Wren /Adrian TinniswoodOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (480 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514989-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-431) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Beauty of Holiness; 2 I Will Perform as Much as I Am Able; 3 The Theory and Practice of Physick; 4 The Natural Simplicity of the Contrivance; 5 The Key That Opens Treasures; 6 An Ingenious Gentleman; 7 The Most Esteem'd Fabricks of Paris; 8 A Well-Projected Design; 9 Something of a Better Mould; 10 The Honour of the Nation; 11 Our Reformed Religion; 12 The Most Essential Part of Architecture; 13 The Trade I Was Once Well Acquainted With; 14 Free Conversation; 15 Virtues and Accomplishments; 16 The Poor Old Man; 17 My Great Work18 An Ornament to the AgeNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YIn His Invention So Fertile, Adrian Tinniswood offers the first biography of Christopher Wren in a generation. It is a book that reveals the full depth of Wren's multifaceted genius, not only as one of the greatest architects who ever lived--the designer of St. Paul's Cathedral--but as an influential seventeenth-century scientist. Tinniswood writes with insight and flair as he follows Wren from Wadham College, Oxford, through the turmoil of the English Civil War, to his role in helping to found the Royal Society--the intellectual and scientific heart of seventeenth-century England. The reader ArchitectsEnglandBiographyElectronic books.Architects720/.92BTinniswood Adrian855409MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450077603321His invention so fertile1909672UNINA