The Littlefield House

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• Fish eye view

• With sign

• Front porch view 1

• Front porch view2

• Roof turret1

• Roof turret2

• Roof turret3

• Roof turret ornament

• Roof arch?

• Roof gable?

• Roof Iron Tracery

• Columns

• Column capitals and roof overhang

• Window

• Sill

• Railing

• Hall

• Dining room

• Doorway arch

• Frieze

• Library1

• Library2

• Library alcove

• Fireplace: griffins

• Fireplace: griffin

• Fireplace: leaves below griffin

• A Third Griffin

• Couch lion head

• Oxford student picture1 (parlor)

• Oxford student picture2 (parlor)

• House Plans

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  some discussion questions

  Can the influence of John Ruskin’s essay, “On the Nature of Gothic,” be detected in this building?

  If so, what sentences are illustrated by what features?

  What sentences are contradicted by what features?

  Is this building “True to Nature” in Ruskin’s sense?

  Is this building “True to Nature” in any sense, especially in comparison to other buildings nearby? In this view you see the Communications building off to the right behind the trees. Above it I have inserted the Communications building that faces Guadelupe.

  Which is more “True to Nature”: this building, or one of these by Antoni Gaudi?

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• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/mila.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/puertafm.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/batllo.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/colniag.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/parkgell.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/eltemple.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/storage.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/hotel.html
• http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/Gaudi/school.html