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The Seven Lamps Of Architecture By John Ruskin - 1880

The Seven Lamps Of Architecture By John Ruskin - 1880

Winning Bid
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Item #145096
Lot #38 of 289
Item Description

John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.

Ruskin was heavily engaged by the work of Viollet le Duc which he taught to all his pupils including William Morris, notably Viollet le Duc's Dictionary which he considered as "the only book of any value on architecture".[1]

Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society.

"Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft."

Written by John Ruskin about interpretations of his works, be it his art, poems, etc. Images of his works are within the book as well as poems of his and others he admired. Interesting preface.
Book is 4" x 6" by 1". Red book binding remains rigid and pages clean. Silk bookcover shows wear at the top of the binding but not bad considering its age.

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