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The very foundation of architecture,
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This review is from: The Stones of Venice: Volume I. The Foundations (Hardcover)
No architect ignorant of "The Stones of Venice", or incapable of understanding the message which it carries, should ever be issued a diploma, or allowed in any way to ply his trade. Regrettably, few architects have heard of it, fewer still read it, and one wonders how many out of those have actually grasped its message. Yet, the root cause of the emotional desolation and the essential depravity of modern architecture lies, without a doubt, in the ignorance of this great work. Let us hope the return of the complete edition of The Stones after a century-and-a-quarter of absence engenders the long overdue change. So far as the layman, these volumes will teach him a new language, so that he will be able to hear the stories the great buildings are eager to tell him. Unfortunately, he will also hear so much more clearly the incomprehensible gibberish of those countless stillborn, crippled, and otherwise malformed edifices that should have never seen the light of the day in the first place.
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The Stones of Venice: Volume I. The Foundations by John Ruskin (Hardcover - September 13, 2005)
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