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Ruins

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Ruins 

the remains of a structure or population center that has fallen into decay or has been destroyed. Ruins include archaeological sites and historical monuments. The interest in ruins as art objects resulted from a keen sense of the historical succession of various epochs. It was reflected in the pictorial arts of the Renaissance and classicism (A. Altdorfer, N. Poussin, Claude Lorraine, H. Robert). In landscape parks of the 18th and early 19th centuries artificial ancient or Gothic ruins were often erected. This practice derived from increased attention to the picturesque, which embodied the belief that there was an indissoluble relationship between man’s creations and nature.
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Where flames had been there were now streamers of smoke; but the countless ruins of shattered and gutted houses and blasted and blackened trees that the night had hidden stood out now gaunt and terrible in the pitiless light of dawn.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
Of course, he ruins weaklings; but with them, the worst we breed, I am not here concerned.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
For a mile from the arch there was only a riot of weeds and undergrowth and trees covering small mounds and little hillocks that, I was sure, were formed of the ruins of stately buildings of the dead past.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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