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The seven lamps of architecture : lectures on architecture and painting : the study of architecture (1900)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Dana Estes & Co · leaf 112

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obtained by the Ro-manesque architect by means of ranges of recessed arcade, inthe management of which, however, though all the eficct de-pends upon the shadow so obtained, the eye is still, as inclassical architecture, caused to dwell upon the projecting col-umns, capitals, and wall, as in Plate… … PLATE VI.-(Page 90-Vol. V.) AltCH FROM THE FArADE OF THE ChURCH OF SaN MiCHELF- AT LuCCA. THE LAMP OF POWER. 91 which, seen from within, are forms of light, and, from without,are forms of shade. In Italian traceries the eye is exclusivelyfixed upon the dark forms of the penetrations, and the…

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