The Seven Lamps of Architecture is a collection of essays by John Ruskin on the principles of architecture. It explores seven guiding 'lamps'—Sacrifice, Truth, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory, and Obedience—and includes lectures on architecture and painting. Listen for its influential reflections on building, craftsmanship, and preservation.
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PLATE IX. PLATE IX.—(Frontispiece—Vol. V.) Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto at Floren Illustrated Cabinet Edition The Seven Lamps of Architecture Lectures on Architecture and Painting The Study of Architecture by John Ruskin Boston Dana Estes & Company Publishers CONTENTS. SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE. PAGE Preface 5 Introduction 9 CHAPTER I.
The Lamp of Sacrifice 15 CHAPTER II. The Lamp of Truth 34 CHAPTER III. The Lamp of Power 69 CHAPTER IV. The Lamp of Beauty 100 CHAPTER V. The Lamp of Life 142 CHAPTER VI. The Lamp of Memory 167 CHAPTER VII. The Lamp of Obedience 188 Notes 203 LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING. Preface 213 Lecture I. 217 Lecture II. 248 Addenda to Lectures I. and II. 270 Lecture III. Turner and his Works 287 Lecture IV. Pre-Raphaelitism 311 Addenda to Lecture IV. 334 THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE. An Inquiry into the Study of Architecture 339 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE PLATE PAGE I. Ornaments from Rouen, St. Lo, and Venice 33 II. Part of the Cathedral of St. Lo, Normandy 55 III. Traceries from Caen, Bayeux, Rouen and Beavais 60 IV. Intersectional Mouldings 66 V. Capital from the Lower Arcade of the Doge's Palace, Venice 88 VI. Arch from the Facade of the Church of San Michele at Lucca 90 VII. Pierced Ornaments from Lisieux, Bayeux, Verona, and Padua 93 VIII. Window from the Ca' Foscari, Venice 95 IX. Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto, at Florence. Frontispiece. X. Traceries and Mouldings from Rouen and Salisbury 122 XI. Balcony in the Campo, St. Benedetto, Venice 131 XII. Fragments from Abbeville, Lucca, Venice and Pisa 149 XIII. Portions of an Arcade on the South Side of the Cathedral of Ferrara 161 XIV. Sculptures from the Cathedral of Rouen 165 LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING Plate I. Figs. 1, 3 and 5. Illustrative Diagrams 219 " II. " 2. Window in Oakham Castle 221
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