Posted on August 23rd, 2010 in Artists
I INTRODUCTION
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723), English architect, scientist, and mathematician, who is considered his country’s foremost architect. His work, in a simple version of the baroque style, displayed great inventiveness in design and engineering. The Wren style strongly influenced English architecture in the Georgian period and its colonial version in America.
II EARLY [...]
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