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Title: The Poetry of Architecture

Author: John Ruskin

Release Date: February 16, 2006 [EBook #17774]

Language: English

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN

VOLUME I

POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE

SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE

[Illustration: J. Ruskin]

Library Edition

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN

POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE
SEVEN LAMPS
MODERN PAINTERS

VOLUME I

NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK, CHICAGO

THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE;

OR,

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NATIONS OF EUROPE
CONSIDERED IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NATURAL SCENERY
AND NATIONAL CHARACTER.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1

_PART I._--THE COTTAGE.

I. THE LOWLAND COTTAGE--ENGLAND AND FRANCE 7

II. THE LOWLAND COTTAGE--ITALY 15

III. THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE--SWITZERLAND 25

IV. THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE--WESTMORELAND 35

V. A CHAPTER ON CHIMNEYS 45

VI. THE COTTAGE--CONCLUDING REMARKS 57

_PART II._--THE VILLA.

I. THE MOUNTAIN VILLA--LAGO DI COMO 67

II. THE MOUNTAIN VILLA--LAGO DI COMO (CONTINUED) 80

III. THE ITALIAN VILLA (CONCLUDED) 94

IV. THE LOWLAND VILLA--ENGLAND 104

V. THE ENGLISH VILLA--PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION 113

VI. THE BRITISH VILLA.--PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION.
(THE CULTIVATED, OR BLUE COUNTRY, AND THE
WOODED, OR GREEN COUNTRY) 126

VII. THE BRITISH VILLA.--PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION.
(THE HILL, OR BROWN COUNTRY) 145

LIST OF PLATES.

Facing Page
Fig. 1. Old Windows; from an early sketch by the Author