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The seven lamps of architecture (1907)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, G. Allen · leaf 214

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tedin with small nicety, especially illustrating thepoint I have above insisted upon—the archi-tects utter neglect of the forms of intermediatestone, at this early period. The arcade, of which a single arch and shaftare given on the left, forms the flank of thedoor ; three outer shafts bearing… … THE LAMP OF POWER. 173 exquisitely picturesque and full of strange playof light and shade. For some time the penetrative ornaments, ifso they may be for convenience called, main-tained their bold and independent character.Then they multiplied and enlarged, becomingshallower as they did so; then…

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