Seven Lamps of Architecture (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Seven Lamps of Architecture (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Author: John Ruskin

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Collection: Barnes & Noble Digital Library

Language: English

Published by: Barnes & Noble

Published on: 8th February 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 252 pages

ISBN: 9781411436589


Published in 1840

This long and eloquent essay championed and codified the disparate ideas taking form in English architecture under the rubric of the Gothic Revival. The seven lamps of the title refer to the qualities toward which good architecture must aspire: Sacrifice, Truth, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory, and Obedience.

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