Epc oral presentation individual -slides 0315

Religious Building Around

The WorldName : Chin Ke Ni KellyStudent ID : 0324021

Module : Effective Public CommunicationSession : September 2015

Time Slot : Thursday 4-6pm

St. Paul's Cathedral

Location

Historical background

604 A.D• First St Paul's is built

and consecrated• The first wooden church

dedicated to St Paul's is built by Mellitus, Bishop of the East Saxons.

• It burns down in 675 A.D and is rebuilt soon after.

Historical background

962 A.D• The third St Paul's

built in stone• The second St

Paul's is destroyed by the Vikings before a new, third church is built in stone.

Historical background

1087 A.D• After more destruction the Cathedral is

rebuilt by the Normans• Following another fire the Cathedral is

rebuilt by the Normans, who are determined to create the longest and tallest Christian church in the world.

The Cathedral finished in 1240 A.D is

Old St. Paul's

Historical Background

1512• St Paul's School is

founded by the Cathedral's Dean, John Colet. Erasmus, a friend of Colet, writes textbooks for the school. Colet is Dean of St Paul's from 1505 A.D until his death. 

Historical Background

1668 • Christopher Wren is hired to

re-build St Paul's• Up-and-coming architect,

Christopher Wren, is hired to rebuild St Paul's after the Great Fire. Wren goes through many different designs and plans for the new Cathedral, before he is finally given the go-ahead

Historical Background

1913 • Suffragettes plant a bomb

in St Paul's• A Virger finds a bomb

under the Bishop's throne in the quire. The 'enormous bomb' was planted by Suffragettes at the very height of ther campaign for equality.

Historical Background

1940• St Paul's becomes a symbol

of Wartime resistance• As bombs rain down over

London in the Blitz, St Paul's stands tall above the burning city. Prime Minister Winston Churchill declares that St Paul's 'must be saved at all costs'

St. Paul's Cathedral

STRUCTURE

WEST FRONT

The west front of St Paul's is dominated by a triangular relief depicting the conversion of the Cathedral's patron saint to Christianity. Above it stands the figure of St Paul himself, flanked by other apostles and the four evangelists. This was the work of Francis Bird between 1718-21, who was greatly influenced by the church architecture of Rome. Bird also carved the statue of Queen Anne that stands in front of St Paul's. Anne was the reigning monarch at the time of the Cathedral's completion. 

The interior of the dome showing how Thornhill's painting continues an illusion of the real architectural features.

DOMEInterior Exterior

The Nave

The High Altar

• The long central aisle that leads to the dome

• At the very west end of the nave are the Great West Doors

• which stand nine metres tall and are used for special services

• The arrival of visitors such as HM The Queen and the Lord Mayor of London.

THE NAVE

• The present high altar dates from 1958 and is made of marble and carved and gilded oak.

• It features a magnificent canopy based on a sketch by Christopher Wren, but which wasn't built in his time.

• It replaced a large Victorian marble altar and screen, which were damaged by a bomb strike in WW2, which destroyed a large part of the east end of the Cathedral.

THE HIGH ALTAR

• The four quarter-dome mosaics were added to the designs of Richmond, beginning in 1899.

• They illustrate subjects from Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians. Perhaps the finest of them is the Crucifixion, in which Christ is seen to be crucified not on a cross

• But on the Tree of Life itself, whose branches spread to bring good to all nations

Buttress given for extra strength for screen walls

Thick walls are provided internally

LAYOUT

(1) West Door(2) Chapel(3) Chapel(4) North Aisle(5) Nave

(6) South Aisle(7) North Transept(8) Dome(9) South Transept(10) Aisle

(11) Choir(12) Dean’s Aisle(13) High Altar(14)Chapel

MONUMENT

The North Aisle

The Quire

The South Aisle

Wellington's Monument

• A monument to one of Britain's greatest soldiers and statesmen, Arthur, Duke of Wellington, sits in one of the arches between the nave and the north aisle.

• Wellington died in 1852 but his monument was not completed until 1912, when the figure on horseback was unveiled. During WW2 the figures of Wellington and his horse were put into safe storage.

Wellington's Monument

THE QUIRE

• The quire is at the east of the Cathedral's cross and is where the choir and clergy normally sit during services

• The quire was the first part of St Paul's to be built and consecrated

• The choir stalls on both sides feature delicate carvings by Grinling Gibbons, whose work is seen in many royal palaces and great houses.

THE NORTH AISLE

• The north aisle is located to the left of the Great West Door entrance

• Off this narrow aisle you can access St Dunstan's Chapel, which is set aside for private prayer at all times of the day

THE SOUTH AISLE

• The south aisle is located to the right of the Great West Door entrance

• Off this narrow aisle you can access The Chapel of St Michael and St George, which is the spiritual home to the Order of the same name

• The chapel was originally the consistory court - the place where the bishop sat in judgement over the clergy. Memorials include that of Thomas Middleton, first Bishop of India.

ORNAMENTATION

Stone Carvings by Rona Black

REFERENCES

https://www.stpauls.co.uk/

http://spc.adlibhosting.com/default.aspx

http://architectureassociate.blogspot.my/2013/07/st-pauls-cathedral.html

http://tipter.com/trips/st-paul-s-cathedral-tate-modern-globe-theatre-and-bankside

https://www.stpauls.co.uk/visits/visits/explore-the-cathedral

http://www.explore-stpauls.net/oct03/textMM/DomeDecoN.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/architecture_cathedral_01.shtml

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