St Paul s Cathedral London England 圣保罗大教堂介绍.ppt

St. Paul’s CathedralLondon, England History Short Timeline 314 – Seat (Cathedra) of Bishop of London Established 604 – First Cathedral Built 675 – First Cathedral Burned 972 – Second Cathedral Rebuilt after Viking Ransacking 1087 – Old St Paul’s Built in Norman Style 1310 – Old St Paul’s Finished 1666 – Old St Paul’s Destroyed in Great Fire 1675 – Third Plan for St Paul’s Accepted 1710 – St Paul’s Completed 1901 – Queen Victoria’s Funeral Here 1940 – Targeted in WWII 1944 – Bells Announce end of WWII 1945 – Services with 35000 attending mark end of war Design: The Plan The Fire After the Great Fire of 1666, the Cathedral needed to be rebuilt Sir Christopher Wren included it in his plan for London Sir Christopher Wren (1632 – 1723) Trained in Science and Medicine Took up Architecture at 30 3rd Plan for St Paul’s was approved (Warrant Design) Fortunate Coda Only Architect to design a Cathedral and see it through to completion in his lifetime Knighted by Charles II in 1673 Design: The Plan A Baroque Masterpiece Wren derived his inspiration from Renaissance greats Two Tier design all around Paired Corinthian Columns on fa?ade like Louvre Twin towers frame entrance reflect Borromini The Dome reinterprets Bramante’s Tempietto Curved Transept Porches mirror the Pietro da Cortona’s Design: The Dome First Dome in England World’s 3rd largest Triple layer design Inside design Whispering Gallery Stone Gallery Golden Gallery Whispering Gallery Stone Gallery Golden Gallery Recent History 1964 – Martin Luther King Preached here enroute to Oslo for his Nobel Peace Prize 1965 – Sir Winston Churchill Funeral 1977 – Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1981 – The wedding of the century 1996 – Fragments of Inigo Jones Portico found by archaeologists 1997 – 300th Anniversary 2000 – HM Queen Mother 100th Birthday 2001 – Service of Remembrance for the victims of 9/11 Renovations A major renovation began in 1997 Marks the 300th