The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character
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THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN RUSKIN
VOLUME I
POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE
SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE
THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN RUSKIN
POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE SEVEN LAMPS MODERN PAINTERS
THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE;
OR,
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NATIONS OF EUROPE CONSIDERED IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NATURAL SCENERY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF PLATES.
PREFATORY NOTES.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I.
The Cottage.
THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE.
I.
THE LOWLAND COTTAGE—ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
II.
THE LOWLAND COTTAGE—ITALY.
"Most musical, most melancholy."
III.
THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE—SWITZERLAND.
IV.
THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE—WESTMORELAND.
V.
A CHAPTER ON CHIMNEYS.
VI.
THE COTTAGE—CONCLUDING REMARKS.
"Nunquam aliud Natura, aliud Sapientia, dicit."—Juvenal xiv. 321.
PART II.
The Villa.
I.
THE MOUNTAIN VILLA—LAGO DI COMO.
II.
THE MOUNTAIN VILLA—LAGO DI COMO (Continued).
III.
THE ITALIAN VILLA (Concluded).
IV.
THE LOWLAND VILLA—ENGLAND.
V.
THE ENGLISH VILLA.—PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION.
VI.
THE BRITISH VILLA.—PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION.
The Cultivated, or Blue Country and the Wooded, or Green Country.
A. The Simple Blue Country.
B. The Picturesque Blue Country.
C. The Woody or Green Country.
VII.
THE BRITISH VILLA.—PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION.
D. Hill, or Brown Country.
"Vivite contenti casulis et collibus istis."—Juvenal [xiv. 179.]
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