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The seven lamps of architecture

Title	The seven lamps of architecture
Author	by John Ruskin; w. ill. drawn by the author
Publication	Allen
Size	XVIII, 444p
Language	ENG
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Topics	Architecture--Aesthetics Architecture--Composition, proportion, etc Architecture--Modern--19th century Architecture--Philosophy and theory Architecture--Historism / Revivalism
Notes	The Seven Lamps of Architecture is an extended essay, first published in May 1849 and written by the English art critic and theorist John Ruskin. The 'lamps' of the title are Ruskin's principles of architecture, which he later enlarged upon in the three-volume The Stones of Venice. To an extent, they codified some of the contemporary thinking behind the Gothic Revival. At the time of its publication A. W. N. Pugin and others had already advanced the ideas of the Revival and it was well under way in practice. Ruskin offered little new to the debate, but the book helped to capture and summarise the thoughts of the movement. The "lamps" are --- Sacrifice – dedication of man's craft to God, as visible proofs of man's love and obedience --- Truth – handcrafted and honest display of materials and structure. Truth to materials and honest display of construction were bywords since the serious Gothic Revival had distanced itself from the whimsical "Gothick" of the 18th century; it had been often elaborated by Pugin and others. ---Power – buildings should be thought of in terms of their massing and reach towards the sublimity of nature by the action of the human mind upon them and the organization of physical effort in constructing buildings. ---Beauty – aspiration towards God expressed in ornamentation drawn from nature, his creation ---Life – buildings should be made by human hands, so that the joy of masons and stonecarvers is associated with the expressive freedom given them ---Memory – buildings should respect the culture from which they have developed ---Obedience – no originality for its own sake, but conforming to the finest among existing English values, in particular expressed through the "English Early Decorated" Gothic as the safest choice of style. [wikipedia]

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