Ruskin, John / [Richard Parminter Cuff R.P.Cuff)].

The Seven Lamps of Architecture. With Illustrations, Drawn by the Author [and engraved by R.P.Cuff (that is Richard Parminter Cuff)].

New Edition. Sunnyside / Orpington (Kent), George Allen [& Chiswick Press – Charles Whittingham], 1880. Quarto (21 cm wide x 28 cm high). Frontispiece, XII, [III], 222 pages with 14 full – page engravings (including the original tissue-guards for 13 of them. Hardcover / Modern half leather with marbled-paper-covered-boards and new endpapers. The Volume now in protective Mylar. This stunning, second edition from 1880, with deckled edges and fantastic paper from Chiswick Press, was not only approved by Ruskin by admired for its execution by George Allen and even more so by the artist Richard Parminter Cuff. Ruskin praises the work of both men in his Preface. Only very few signs of staining. Overall the best version of this book we have ever handled. The new binding, by our favourite bookbindery in Frankfurt/Germany, is now allowing for handling the book without fear, for generations to come. An important Masterpiece of Art History.

List of Plates:

I. Ornaments from Rouen, St. Lo, and Venice
II. Part of the Cathedral of St. Lo, Normandy
III. Traceries from Caen, Bayeux, Rouen, and Beauvais
IV. Intersectional Mouldings
V. Capital from the Lower Arcade of the Doge’s Palace, Venice
VI. Arch from the Façade of the Church of San Michele at Lucca
VII. Pierced Ornaments from Lisieux, Bayeux, Verona, and Padua
VIII. Window from the Ca’ Foscari, Venice
IX. Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto, at Florence (Fronstipiece / Title page)
X. Traceries and Mouldings from Rouen and Salisbury
XI. Balcony in the Campo St. Benedetto, Venice
XII. Fragments from Abbeville, Lucca, Venice, and Pisa
XIII. Portions of an Arcade on the South Side of the Cathedral of Ferrara
XIV. Sculptures from the Cathedral of Rouen

Chapters:

Chapter I. The Lamp of Sacrifice
Chapter II. The Lamp of Truth
Chapter III. The Lamp of Power
Chapter IV. The Lamp of Beauty
Chapter V. The Lamp of Life
Chapter VI. The Lamp of Memory
Chapter VII. The Lamp of Obedience

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 Seven Lamps also proved a great popular success, and received the approval of the ecclesiologists typified by the Cambridge Camden Society, who criticised in their publication The Ecclesiologist lapses committed by modern architects in ecclesiastical commissions. (Wikipedia)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31331AB

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