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Title: The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin, J. G. Links ISBN: 0-306-81286-X Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: an architecture page turner
Comment: This is an abridged version of the original 3 volumes, but a delightful book -- both for the opinions expressed and the wonderful pomposity with which they are presented. It's impossible not to learn about art and architecture from this book, but it also (perhaps not intentionally) makes Woody Allen's or Steve Martin's New Yorker pieces seem like downers. The man has no humility and there is no opinion other than his, yet somehow the clarity and vitality of his description allows you to continue reading. I was fortunate enough to pick this up in Venice, so I was able to search out his examples of the 5 worst buildings in Venice, and similar Ruskinisms.
Rating: 5
Summary: this edition is abridged
Comment: I haven't read this yet, but I thought I would warn other buyers that this is not the full text of the Stones of Venice--it is abridged. J. G. Links seems confident that he has done so in an intelligent way; perhaps he will win me over...
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Title: The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin ISBN: 048626145X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Essay on Architecture by Marc-Antoine Laugier, Anni Herrmann, Wolfgang Herrmann ISBN: 0912158921 Publisher: Hennessey & Ingalls Pub. Date: August, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier ISBN: 0486250237 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 1985 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius ISBN: 0486206459 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1960 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism by Rudolf Wittkower ISBN: 0393005992 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1971 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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