 The stone heads atop the railings surrounding the front of the Sheldonian Theatre. f The Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1668 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, chancellor of the university at the time and the project's main financial backer. Download high resolution version (575x640, 78 KB)Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. ...
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Historical view of Broad Street looking east towards (left to right) the Clarendon Building, and the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Ashmolean Building. ...
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1668 (MDCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Sir Christopher Wren, (20 October 1632–25 February 1723) was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. ...
The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ...
Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury, was born at Stanton in the parish of Ellastone, Staffordshire, and educated at Oxford. ...
History
What came to be known as the Sheldonian Theatre was Wren's second work, and was commissioned by John Fell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, in late 1663. John Fell (1625 - July 10, 1686), was an English churchman. ...
With the triumph of the Restoration and with it the Church of England, Dean Fell sought to revive a project proposed in the 1630s by the late William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury: a separate building whose sole use would be graduation and degree ceremonies.In the past these increasingly rowdy occasions had taken place in the university's church of St.-Mary-the-Virgin-on-High. "The notion that 'sacrifice is made equally to God and Apollo' in the same place where homage was due to God and God alone was as repugnant to Fell and his colleagues as it had been to Laud." [1]; with this in mind they approached the current Archbishop of Canterbury Gilbert Sheldon, both for his blessing, his assistance, and a donation. in art, returning something to a better state, see art conservation and restoration In criminal justice, restoration is another term for restorative justice. ...
The Church of England logo since 1998 The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...
Archbishop William Laud (October 7, 1573 – January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of King Charles I of England, whom he encouraged to believe in divine right. ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual leader and senior clergyman of the Church of England, recognized by convention as the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ...
The church from the High Street. ...
Gilbert Sheldon (1598-1677), Archbishop of Canterbury, was born at Stanton in the parish of Ellastone, Staffordshire, and educated at Oxford. ...
Sheldon was forthcoming with all three; he himself giving an impressive ₤1,000, and a pledge to gather the needed money from other, like-minded sponsors. Sheldon had little luck, ultimately financing nearly the entire cost himself -- ₤14,470 in an age where a mid-level craftsman's wage averaged between £2-£4 per year.
Nothing is known for sure of Wren's first design(s) for the Sheldonian since the initial ideas were quickly wrecked on the shoals of financial reality. But the finished building was a sharp, unmistakable break from the Gothic past. Wren designed the Sheldonian based on Serlio's engraving of the D-shaped Theatre of Marcellus in Rome in the first century BC. Serlios model of church façade of 1537 crystallized a format that lasted into the 18th century. ...
Theater of Marcellus in the Via del Teatro di Marcello, Rome Theater of Marcellus by night. ...
Like any Mediterranean theatre of that time, the Theatre of Marcellus had no roof. The audience relied on temporary awning for inclement weather; but 17th century Oxford was not ancient Rome. The Theatre need a permanent roof. Yet the span of the D-shaped roof was upwards of 70-feet. Obviously no timbers existed that were long enough and/or in such abundance. Dismissing at once the obvious, and in that era the only real, solution of a Gothic roof, Wren, instead, decided to use the "geometrical flat floor" grid developed twenty years before by his fellow college and Oxford professor John Wallis. John Wallis John Wallis (November 22, 1616 - October 28, 1703) was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of modern calculus. ...
It involved:
"...creating a series of trusses which were build up from shorter section and held in place by their own weight, with help from judiciously placed iron bolts and plates..so effective [was the roof] that for nearly a century the University Press stored its books...and for many years it was the largest unsupported floor in existence...'[2] In 1720 surveyors inspecting the roof over rumours it was no longer safe were both surprised and impressed at what they discovered.[citation needed] Though sagging slightly from the massive weight of books, the inspectors pronounced "...the whole Fabrick of the said Theatre is, in our Opinion, like to remain and continue in such Repair and Condition, for one hundred or two hundred Years yet to come."[3].
The theatre is used for music recitals, lectures (such as the annual Romanes Lecture), conferences, and for various ceremonies held by the University (such as graduation and matriculation). Handel performed here, including the first performance of his third oratorio Athalia in 1733. The Romanes Lecture is a prestigious free public lecture given annually at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. ...
Academic procession during the University of Canterbury graduation ceremony. ...
The matriculation ceremony at Oxford Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matrix. ...
HANDEL was the code-name for the UKs National Attack Warning System in the Cold War. ...
The structural and rhetorical achievements in Athalia project a dramatic concept that may be unique in Handels output. ...
The building seats 800–1,000 people and is situated in the grounds of part of the Bodleian Library adjacent to Broad Street. To the left at the front is the Clarendon Building and to the right is the Old Ashmolean Building. Behind the Sheldonian is the Divinity School. Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library. ...
Historical view of Broad Street looking east towards (left to right) the Clarendon Building, and the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Ashmolean Building. ...
The Clarendon Building in Oxford, England, stands in the ceremonial center of the University of Oxford, near the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre. ...
The Old Ashmolean Building as it stands today The Museum of the History of Science, located in Broad Street, Oxford, is home to a collection of historic scientific instruments and is the worlds oldest surviving purpose-built museum building. ...
The Divinity School is a beautiful medieval building in the Perpendicular style in Oxford, England, part of the University of Oxford. ...
The building has a prominent eight-sided cupola in the centre of the roof, which is accessible via a staircase leading to the dome over the main ceiling. The cupola has large windows on all sides, providing views across central Oxford, and is open to visitors.
See also - Holywell Music Room
- Oxford Bach Choir
The Holywell Music Room is Oxfords chamber music hall and is situated east of Broad Street in the city centre. ...
The Oxford Bach Choir is one of the UKs best-known amateur choirs. ...
External links Coordinates: 51°45′15.8″N, 1°15′18.27″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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