John Ruskin John Ruskin art critic 1849 to his mental health, power, and pleasure
Who wrote Seven Lamps of Architecture? Who was the author of Seven Lamps of Architecture? What was Ruskin's career? When was Seven Lamps of Architecture published? What, according to Ruskin, should looking at architecture contribute to its viewer?
The 19th-century English art critic, John Ruskin, in his Seven Lamps of Architecture, published 1849, was much narrower in his view of what constituted architecture. Architecture was the "art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by men ... that the sight of them" contributes "to his mental health, power, and pleasure".
question: Who wrote Seven Lamps of Architecture?, answer: John Ruskin | question: Who was the author of Seven Lamps of Architecture?, answer: John Ruskin | question: What was Ruskin's career?, answer: art critic | question: When was Seven Lamps of Architecture published?, answer: 1849 | question: What, according to Ruskin, should looking at architecture contribute to its viewer?, answer: to his mental health, power, and pleasure