ARCH 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Transept, Protestantism, Portico
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London, england: wren supervised the building of 52 new churches allowing him to experiment with auditorium plans on irregular sites for the protestant liturgy, st. stephen walbrook. Great model design with dome based upon michelangelo"s design for st. Peter"s in rome with a smaller dome over the entry, design rejected. Warrant design- cruciform medieval plan with projected transept arms topped by a spire originally, but later changed to a dome. Considered the great baroque architecture of england. 1705: sir john vanbrugh and nikolas hawkemoor, woodstock, england, given to lord mariborough for his victory over the french at blenheim, english baroque emphasized additive masses, elements, and surfaces to create geometric complexity (blue organ pipes) 1721: james gibbs, london, england, invented a protestant church with a temple portico, surmounted by a spirefronting a basilica hall for preaching rather than liturgy. 1725: lord burlington [richard boyer] and william kent, middlesex london, england, neo palladianism began by 1715, rejected baroque style associated with.
