Epc oral presentation individual -slides 0315

1. Religious Building
Around The World
Name : Chin Ke Ni Kelly
Student ID : 0324021
Module : Effective Public Communication
Session : September 2015
Time Slot : Thursday 4-6pm

2. St. Paul's Cathedral

3. Location

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Old St. Paul's

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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.

11. 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'

12. St. Paul's Cathedral

13. STRUCTURE

14. 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.

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

16. The Nave
The High Altar

17. • 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

18. • 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

19. • 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

20. Buttress given for extra strength for screen walls
Thick walls are provided internally

21. LAYOUT

24. (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

25. MONUMENT

26. The North Aisle
The Quire
The South Aisle
Wellington's Monument

27. • 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

28. 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.

29. 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

30. 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.

31. ORNAMENTATION

32. Stone Carvings by Rona Black

33. REFERENCES

34. 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

35. THANK YOU