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Obituary

Margaret Whinney

11/1975 | 872 | 117

Pages: 731-732

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Author:

Summerson, John (Summerson, John; Summerson, John Newenham; Summerson, J. N.)

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art literature:

Whinney, Margaret

dates:

1970-1979

subjects:

Art historians / Obituaries

Article

The Penultimate Design for St Paul's Cathedral

03/1961 | 696 | 103

Pages: 83-89+93

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Author:

Summerson, John (Summerson, John; Summerson, John Newenham; Summerson, J. N.)

Subjects

artists:

Wren, Christopher

buildings:

Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, Great Britain

dates:

1650-1699

places:

England / London

subjects:

British architecture / Design

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Architectural drawings

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Unexecuted designs

Illustrations

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13. St Paul's Cathedral. Detail from the Long Section of the Warrant Design (All Souls, ii, 14) Showing the Central Space.

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2 and 4. The Penultimate Design. Above, Fig.2: Section on Diagonal of Central Space (All Souls, ii, 34). Below (Right), Fig. 4: Quarter-Plan of Central Space and Transept with Plans at Three Levels Superimposed (St Paul's, 1, 14). 3. Developed Elevation of a Diagonal and Two Cardinal Arches in the Central Space, Preceding the Penultimate Design (St Paul's, 1. 67). All Three Drawings Reproduced Here Are Approximately to the Same Scale as the Drawing Fig.A on the Opposite Page.

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5. Elevation of the Greek Cross Design (All Souls, ii, 22). All Five Drawings on This Page Are to the Same Scale (Below). 6-9. Left, Fig.6: Design for a Domed Basilican Cathedral (All Souls, ii, 31). Above, Fig. 7: Design for a Dome (All Souls, ii, 25), Probably an Alternative to the Design on the Left; The Dome Plan on This Drawing Has no Relation to it but Belongs to the Design Represented in the Two Drawings below. Below (Left and Right), Figs.8 and 9: Two Sections Through a Design for a Domed Basilican Cathedral (All Souls; ii, 17 and 32).

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A. The Penultimate Design for St Paul's Cathedral, Reconstructed from the Drawings Reproduced in Figs.2 and 4. Left: Section through nave, choir or transept. Right: section Through Dome and Central Space. Drawing by Leonora Ison, 1960, Reproduced Approximately to Same Scale as Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

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B. Half-Plans of the Penultimate Design to Smaller Scale. Above: At Level of Oval Windows in Drum. Below: At Level of Windows in Diagonal Arches of Central Space.

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C. Diagrammatic Sections of Three Central-Space Projects, Showing the Transition from Warrant to Penultimate Designs. In the First Two Designs All Arches Are Integral with the Dome, Which Springs from the Same Base as the Arches. In the Penultimate Design the Diagonal Arches Are Lowered and Flattened and Windows Are Pierced in the Wall above. The Former Diagonal Arches Are Retained Only in Order to Form Pendentives Leading from the Octagonal to the Circular Plan-Levels. Note That in the First Two Projects the Dome is Presumed to Spring as a Hemisphere and to Change Radius above the Crowns of the Arches. This is Not Apparent in the Original Drawings but is Inferred from the Semi-Circular Form of the Entering Arches.

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A Wren Drawing for St Paul's

04/1955 | 625 | 97

Pages: 120

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Author:

Summerson, John (Summerson, John; Summerson, John Newenham; Summerson, J. N.)

Subjects

artists:

Wren, Christopher

subjects:

British painting / Architectural drawings / Attributions

Book Review

Eric Mendelsohn

06/1941 | 459 | 78

Pages: 203-204

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Author:

Summerson, John (Summerson, John; Summerson, John Newenham; Summerson, J. N.)

Subjects

artists:

Mendelsohn, Erich

dates:

1900-1949

places:

Germany

subjects:

Architecture / Monographs

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Eric Mendelsohn | author: Whittick, Arnold

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