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Lectures on architecture and painting delivered at edinburgh in november 1853 by john ruskin. The following addresses, though spoken at different times, are intentionally connected in subject. John ruskin, 18191900, english critic and social theorist. The book is an epic because of its historical accounts of information given to architects in the past and continues to now and in the future. Lectures on architecture and painting by john ruskin book read. The stormcloud of the nineteenth century john ruskin 211 downloads. Project gutenberg 61,785 free ebooks 58 by john ruskin.
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