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Article: Hawksmoor's London Churches: Architecture and Theology.
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- October 1, 2000
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Hawksmoor's London Churches: Architecture and Theology By Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey Chicago: University of Chicago Press 172 pages, 77 illustrations, 12 in color, $37.50.
Among the English Baroque architects, the reputation of Nicholas Hawksmoor (c. 1661-1736) is eclipsed by those of his master Sir Christopher Wren and his sometime colleague Sir John Vanbrugh. Indeed, Hawksmoor's best known works are probably the two great country houses he designed in collaboration with Vanbrugh, Castle Howard and Blenheim. This new book ...