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Description: Part of the Cathedral of St. Lô, Normandy

TitlePart of the Cathedral of St. Lô, Normandy

Creator nameRuskin, John

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1849

Object typePrint

MaterialsSoft-ground etching

DimensionsUnknown

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:582752

Accession numberRare Books and Manuscripts, NA2550 R73 1849

SubjectsArchitecture, GothicEtching, BritishCathedrals--FranceIllustration of books--19th century

StatusPlate II, from The Seven Lamps of Architecture (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1849)

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4. Symbolism and Identity: Faith, National Form and the Politics of Empire

G. A. Bremner

Description: Imperial Gothic: Religious Architecture and High Anglican Culture in the British...

Imperial Gothic: Religious Architecture and High Anglican Culture in the British Empire, c.1840–1870

Adapting to foreign contexts involved more than finding practical solutions to the exigencies of culture and climate...

Author

G. A. Bremner

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.185-226

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23945&redirecttoanchor=61139

Chapter subject tags:Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th centurySymbolism in architectureChurch of England--DiocesesNationalism--Religious aspects--Church of EnglandChurch architecture--South Africa--19th century

2. The Ubiquity of Objects

Alina Payne

From Ornament to Object: Genealogies of Architectural Modernism

The prominence that Semper gave the object of daily use in his pantheon of architecture was not entirely unexpected...

Author

Alina Payne

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.65-111

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00236.003

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20971&redirecttoanchor=61139

Chapter subject tags:Jones, Owen, 1809-1874Design--Anthropological aspectsKapp, Ernst, 1808-1896Semper, Gottfried, 1803-1879Decoration and ornament, Architectural--19th centuryDecorative arts--History--19th centuryObjects (Aesthetics)Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Art museums--HistoryArchaeology--History--19th century

The Nature of Seeing

Tim Barringer, Tara Contractor, Victoria Hepburn, Judith Stapleton, Courtney Skipton Long

Unto This Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin

From his earliest childhood, John Ruskin combined wide-ranging curiosity with a capacity for intensely focused attention. His precocity was eagerly fostered by his evangelical mother and his father, a wealthy sherry merchant. They enrolled Ruskin in drawing lessons with leading artists of the day; purchased books, prints, and mineral collections for him to study; and catered to his desire for...

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Tim Barringer, Tara Contractor, Victoria Hepburn, Judith Stapleton, Courtney Skipton Long

PublisherYale Center for British Art

Related print edition pages: pp.101-159

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00234.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20936&redirecttoanchor=61139

Chapter subject tags:Aesthetics, BritishArt--Handbooks, manuals, etcLandscape painting, BritishArchitecture--Italy--Venice

“Books of the Hour”: Ruskin’s First Editions

Victoria Hepburn

Unto This Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin

In the third chapter of his botanical study Proserpina (1875), titled “The Leaf,” John Ruskin turned to the “perennial leafage” of trees in the Garden of Eden. This, he explained, offered a potent symbol of an individual’s lasting significance within a larger system—the forest of interconnected humanity. He wrote:

Author

Victoria Hepburn

PublisherYale Center for British Art

Related print edition pages: pp.49-67

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00234.003

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20932&redirecttoanchor=61139

Chapter subject tags:Ruskin, John, 1819-1900English literature--First editionsGraphic design (Typography)Aesthetics, BritishBookbinding

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