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[Henri Focillon] never mentions Ruskin, and may never have read him, but he reminds me of Ruskin on practically every page. Like Ruskin, Focillon is a compelling prose stylist, who sweeps you up in visions of the birth of Romanesque space or the dreadful end of Gothic. Like Ruskin, he believes that...

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Published in:Building Design 2010-04, p.18
Main Author: Focillon, Henri
Format: Article
Language:English
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Prints and printmaking
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Summary:[Henri Focillon] never mentions Ruskin, and may never have read him, but he reminds me of Ruskin on practically every page. Like Ruskin, Focillon is a compelling prose stylist, who sweeps you up in visions of the birth of Romanesque space or the dreadful end of Gothic. Like Ruskin, he believes that styles, like creatures, have their youth and their decrepitude, or more treacherous still, their decadence, in which they betray everything that made them great.
ISSN:0007-3423