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Category : Popular literature
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Ainslee's
Author: The Ceylon magazine
Author: The Leisure Hour Monthly Library
Author: The British Quarterly Review
Author: The British Quarterly Review
Author: Henry AllonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The Works of John Ruskin
Author: John Ruskinthe sea stories
Author: John RuskinPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Edinburgh Review
Author: Modern painters
Author: John RuskinThe Stones of Venice -
Author: John RuskinPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1602067023
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
"More than simply a survey of an ancient city's most significant buildings, The Stones of Venice first published in three volumes between 1851 and 1853 is an expression of a philosophy of art, nature, and morality that goes beyond art history, and has inspired such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Mahatma Gandhi. Volume II, examining the Byzantine era and the architectural developments of Venice s Gothic period, includes the oft-anthologized chapter The Nature of Gothic, one of the author s most important discussions of his key theme, the relation of the art of Venice to her moral temper. For Ruskin, the Gothic style embodied the same moral truths sought by great art. Informative, aesthetic, and spiritual, this architectural exploration will be appreciated by students and scholars alike. The preeminent art critic of his time, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819 1900) had a profound influence upon European painting, architecture, and aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. His immense body of literary works include Modern Painters, Volume I IV (1843 1856); The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849); Unto This Last (1862); Munera Pulveris (1862 3); The Crown of Wild Olive (1866); Time and Tide (1867); and Fors Clavigera (1871-84)."