For anyone who likes this kind of thing I recommend a visit to the Museum of Liverpool where they have on display a model of a similar scale of an early concept for Liverpool's Catholic cathedral.
If it was in Boughton-on-the-Water, it would have. They have a stone-built model of the village there, and in the model where the model village is in the real village, there is a model of the model village, and so on. I think it's 5 levels of model villagery. It's great to visit it first before going around the rest of the village because you then get the feeling that if you look up, you'll see a couple of giants saying "it's just like the real village, isn't it?"
@zacmumblethunder7466 An episode of a 1960s television show, USA, perhaps *_Twilight Zone_* , was based on that situation. A married couple find themselves in a house where everything appears normal, but nothing works. No running water, the phone comes off the wall, etc. They exit the house and the town surrounding it is all models: full-size model trees, mannequins, etc. Occasionally, they hear a giggle or a laugh. At the end of the episode, they hear a motherly voice saying to put the humans away, you know your father went to a lot of trouble to get them for you. 😮 Edit: Clarification
@RobertJarecki That's right! Twilight Zone. The idea was later used in Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense when a couple find themselves trapped in their home by solid smooth walls, with the temperature rising. Eventually, it turns out to be a dolls house that the owner's brother has shoved into a heating duct.
@@-Luka-Brazi isn't religion an attempt " to explain who and what we are"? if it weren't for religion, great cathedrals, mosques, synagogues, buddhist temples (etc.), nearly all art and most music wouldn't exist would it?
Well the scaffolding is being put up to dust and maintain it and if they made it to scale it would be impossible to use, let alone stand on so I think they didn't answer it because they presumed people would have common sense
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It would have looked like most other cathedrals, though. Lincoln, Worcester and Gloucester are fine examples of cathedrals from that time, so that style is still around. I've picked these three as they're ones I've been to, no slight is intended upon any other medieval cathedral. However, for sheer magnificence I don't think any match Ely.
I don't understand why anyone sees it as some sort of shame that St Paul's wasn't built to the same specifications. Time moves on and people change. Building the exact same building as before would signal a complete resistance to change AND moving on with new innovations for buildings. In fact there are few examples of rebuilding the same old design as before anywhere especially something 300-400 years old from another time.
They show the insides of the model, which means it is a sectional model designed to be taken apart to reveal details of the interior, and also yes, to aid in moving it.
@@patreekotime4578 I wondered about that, but one of my professors in architecture school had a special optical device (not unlike a proctoscope, ahem...) which he used to inspect the insides of the presentation models we built for our reviews. Obviously they would have been detailed models that showed interior partition walls.
@@rr7firefly Watching again I noticed that the floors are missing from some of the areas so that it could be viewed from below.... so maybe originally it was displayed on a platform that allowed access underneath!
@@patreekotime4578 umm, No, not really, there seems to be a hole in it's floor, its common architectural practice, and probably the reason they built it so big was so you could poke your head up inside it, or use a mirror on a stick.
the photography from the inside made it look as if it were a model of a small church. The camera should have been at a scale height of a common eye-level, say 1.5m, had you been careful about setting up the camera at about this height, MUCH nearer the floor, it would have made the model seem like the design for a vast cathedral. Trick missed.
Wren wasn't really an architect. he had, until 1660ish, chiefly been an astronomer. somehow he got pulled into the mentioned repairs to the old St. Paul's... and the rest is, as they say, history...
You have been distracted by what is clearly an illusion of scale. As the narrator sits in front of the model he gives the appearance of making the model look smaller than it really is. The size of St Paul's model has been reported just as described in the video many times before.
This is a shockingly poor account - several inaccuracies and it omits the fundamental reason why this design was dramatically revised by Wren - but not a surprise, the BBC is no longer worthy of its name.
The finished building is much grander and larger than the model has intended it to be. But if you haven't actually visited St Paul's then you couldn't know that.
Clickbait - we're never at any point INSIDE the model. And I wld like to ask why the public - who pay their tithes (OK offertories, LPWGS, entry fees) do not have access to that
and I would add: the Geometrical Staircase, the library, the Crypt, the choirstall 'closets', the drawings collection. You charge FAR TOO MUCH for a standard touristy, dumbed-down limited view of the place. I've never paid - I've got round it by attending services ... once sat in the stalls - but that does not give access to everything there is to see.
What's this? A cathedral for ants?? How are the people supposed to preach the word of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ when they can't even fit inside the building!
Do you know why the Capitol's dome is that size? It's because the smaller one it replaced was out of proportion to the size of the enlarged building when it was extended at either end.
BBC should have shown more of the model.
For anyone who likes this kind of thing I recommend a visit to the Museum of Liverpool where they have on display a model of a similar scale of an early concept for Liverpool's Catholic cathedral.
Seen it. It's remarkable.
Does the model have a smaller model of itself inside? It ought to...
are you Russian?
And one inside that? I think it is elephants all the way down.
If it was in Boughton-on-the-Water, it would have. They have a stone-built model of the village there, and in the model where the model village is in the real village, there is a model of the model village, and so on.
I think it's 5 levels of model villagery. It's great to visit it first before going around the rest of the village because you then get the feeling that if you look up, you'll see a couple of giants saying "it's just like the real village, isn't it?"
@zacmumblethunder7466 An episode of a 1960s television show, USA, perhaps *_Twilight Zone_* , was based on that situation. A married couple find themselves in a house where everything appears normal, but nothing works. No running water, the phone comes off the wall, etc. They exit the house and the town surrounding it is all models: full-size model trees, mannequins, etc. Occasionally, they hear a giggle or a laugh. At the end of the episode, they hear a motherly voice saying to put the humans away, you know your father went to a lot of trouble to get them for you. 😮
Edit: Clarification
@RobertJarecki That's right! Twilight Zone. The idea was later used in Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense when a couple find themselves trapped in their home by solid smooth walls, with the temperature rising. Eventually, it turns out to be a dolls house that the owner's brother has shoved into a heating duct.
It's interesting that the Parliament building was rebuilt looking like a church, and the cathedral was rebuilt looking like a government building.
why is'nt this marvel on full public display
It's always been in that chamber upstairs and on full public display - if they are interested enough to make an appointment.
The marvel is architecture, and the human need to try to explain who and what we are. That it is a religious monument is unfortunate.
@@-Luka-Brazi isn't religion an attempt " to explain who and what we are"? if it weren't for religion, great cathedrals, mosques, synagogues, buddhist temples (etc.), nearly all art and most music wouldn't exist would it?
@@-Luka-BraziThe only reason it does exist is because it is dedicated to saint paul and to act as a church???
What a stupid remark.
@@-Luka-Brazi the irony is that almost all "secular" architecture is substantively less marvelous than its religious counterparts.
enjoyed seeing this model in the late 70s, ended up staying in there for an hour! (it was in the basement?)
In 2019 there was a model in the basement, but I don't remember it being 12 ft tall. Maybe another version?
The detailing on it is astounding.
I want more on this BBC. I hope this was just a teaser of a bigger documentary.
Made of oak! He really wanted to win that job!
it was the 1670s what else would you use, B&Q wasn't open?
Should've used a 3D printer
@@MrVorpalsword Ye Olde Homebase :)
Be careful Mr. Bean doesn't visit the museum. I remember how poorly that whistler's mother painting thing went down.
Great Plague & Great Fire of London. 1665 & 1666.
3:03 Is the scaffolding to scale? I think we should be told!
Well the scaffolding is being put up to dust and maintain it
and if they made it to scale it would be impossible to use, let alone stand on
so I think they didn't answer it because they presumed people would have common sense
@@Ethan.401 I think @JP_TaVeryMuch might be British. They have a different sense of humour than the rest of us.🤥
I'm sorry these folks don't appreciate your humour, but I do
Yes, I am an Englishman. All good wishes.
@@Ethan.401 I think this one may have gone over your head.
Beautiful ❤🙏
Superbe !!
The model shows Wren's initial design based on an equilateral cross which was rejected. They wanted a more traditional English design so Wren obliged.
Just been reading about the model in the book London by Edward Rutherfurd 😊
Imagine walking away with your kid. Daddy, I want a doll house like that! *dad gulps thinking about the cost and labour*
My sincere thanks for sharing it.
Peace prosperity and progress are people's pride and property, please participate.
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this model would make a great warhammer board
I think it’s a shame that St Paul’s wasn’t rebuilt to the same specifications as the medieval one, which was much larger and grander.
It would have looked like most other cathedrals, though. Lincoln, Worcester and Gloucester are fine examples of cathedrals from that time, so that style is still around.
I've picked these three as they're ones I've been to, no slight is intended upon any other medieval cathedral.
However, for sheer magnificence I don't think any match Ely.
I don't understand why anyone sees it as some sort of shame that St Paul's wasn't built to the same specifications. Time moves on and people change. Building the exact same building as before would signal a complete resistance to change AND moving on with new innovations for buildings.
In fact there are few examples of rebuilding the same old design as before anywhere especially something 300-400 years old from another time.
surely technology has advanced to the point you could send the world's smallest roomba in there to dust about...
Along with the world's smallest cat to fight with the roomba.😊
NO WAY!
WAY!
Wow, this video is fascinating! 😮 The 350-year-old model of St. Paul’s Cathedral is a true masterpiece of craftsmanship. 🏛✨
Four meters tall -- that is over 12 feet! Another consideration: is it a single piece or can it be broken down into sections if it must be moved?
They show the insides of the model, which means it is a sectional model designed to be taken apart to reveal details of the interior, and also yes, to aid in moving it.
@@patreekotime4578 I wondered about that, but one of my professors in architecture school had a special optical device (not unlike a proctoscope, ahem...) which he used to inspect the insides of the presentation models we built for our reviews. Obviously they would have been detailed models that showed interior partition walls.
@@rr7firefly Watching again I noticed that the floors are missing from some of the areas so that it could be viewed from below.... so maybe originally it was displayed on a platform that allowed access underneath!
@@patreekotime4578 Brilliant! You are a very thorough observer.
@@patreekotime4578 umm, No, not really, there seems to be a hole in it's floor, its common architectural practice, and probably the reason they built it so big was so you could poke your head up inside it, or use a mirror on a stick.
Good video. Silly music.
Does the model come apart so Wren could show off the interior as well?
Fix subtitles please.
the photography from the inside made it look as if it were a model of a small church. The camera should have been at a scale height of a common eye-level, say 1.5m, had you been careful about setting up the camera at about this height, MUCH nearer the floor, it would have made the model seem like the design for a vast cathedral. Trick missed.
3:25
Unbelievably beautiful.
Nothing beats the beauty of St. Peter basilica though.
What is this, a center for ants!? It needs to be at least 3 times this big
Wren wasn't really an architect.
he had, until 1660ish, chiefly been an astronomer.
somehow he got pulled into the mentioned repairs to the old St. Paul's...
and the rest is, as they say,
history...
It is alway difficult to gauge what the great artists really thought of their monuments to “god”. At the time, that was where the money was.
Wren didn't start as an architect, but he obviously became one because of his brilliance on so many levels.
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Sounds like auto Alex
Erm, I think someone needs lessons in measurements. That model is nowhere near 13 feet tall and 20 feet long and 12 feet wide.
You have been distracted by what is clearly an illusion of scale. As the narrator sits in front of the model he gives the appearance of making the model look smaller than it really is. The size of St Paul's model has been reported just as described in the video many times before.
The Catholic cathedral replaced with a protestant one.
It was no longer catholic by the time of the great fire.
The protestant reformation in England happened 130 years earlier under Henry Vlll.
So what? 🙄
I believe the clergy of the cathedral were concerned that Wren's design looked too catholic, especially the dome.
This is a shockingly poor account - several inaccuracies and it omits the fundamental reason why this design was dramatically revised by Wren - but not a surprise, the BBC is no longer worthy of its name.
What an oxymoron, a miniature giant 😅😅😅😅😅
lots of talking notm uch looking inside
The model is much nicer than the finished building.
The finished building is a compromise,but it's still a masterpiece.
The finished building is much grander and larger than the model has intended it to be. But if you haven't actually visited St Paul's then you couldn't know that.
I think the west front of the model looks much more imposing.
Ik sure BBC thinks it would look better with a couple of minarets
Clickbait - we're never at any point INSIDE the model. And I wld like to ask why the public - who pay their tithes (OK offertories, LPWGS, entry fees) do not have access to that
There are shots inside the model at numerous points in the video..
@@RevantuZ Yes, I know - just 'shots'; the title of the vid is misleading - no doubt deliberately. One must call out these clickbaits resolutely
and I would add: the Geometrical Staircase, the library, the Crypt, the choirstall 'closets', the drawings collection. You charge FAR TOO MUCH for a standard touristy, dumbed-down limited view of the place. I've never paid - I've got round it by attending services ... once sat in the stalls - but that does not give access to everything there is to see.
What's this? A cathedral for ants??
How are the people supposed to preach the word of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ when they can't even fit inside the building!
Are you unable to comprehend what "a model" means?
St Paul's is nothing but just a mere copy of what Renaissance Rome's St Peter's was supposed to be with its iconic but never realised bell towers! ⛪
a mere copy is rather insulting. It is a beautiful work in it's own right.
"but just a mere copy..." Pretentious...? Moi...??? 🙄🙄🤡🙄
Nonsense
Still less of a pastiche than the US Capitol dome...
Now being converted to a mosque
Grandpa, Britain did NOT get invaded by Turkey. Please take your meds, gramps.
@@kingnoob444 shhhh inbred
A ridiculously oversized dome, like the USA Capitol building
Speaking of ridiculously oversized building features, what nation has ridiculously oversized clock slapped on to the side of its Parliament building?
Do you know why the Capitol's dome is that size? It's because the smaller one it replaced was out of proportion to the size of the enlarged building when it was extended at either end.
Spirits ablaze '66.