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The Works of John Ruskin By John Ruskin

The Works of John Ruskin by John Ruskin


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This tenth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903-1912) of the works of John Ruskin contains Volume 2 of The Stones of Venice.

The Works of John Ruskin Summary

The Works of John Ruskin by John Ruskin

The influence of John Ruskin (1819-1900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and was the main influence behind 'Gothic revival' architecture. As a social critic, he argued for the improvement of the condition of the poor, and against the increasing mechanisation of work in factories, which he believed was dull and soul-destroying. The thirty-nine volumes of the Library Edition of his works, published between 1903 and 1912, are themselves a remarkable achievement, in which his books and essays - almost all highly illustrated - are given a biographical and critical context in extended introductory essays and in the 'Minor Ruskiniana' - extracts from letters, articles and reminiscences both by and about Ruskin. This tenth volume contains Volume 2 of The Stones of Venice.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Bibliographical note; The Stones of Venice, Vol. II: First, or Byzantine, period: 1. The throne; 2. Torcello; 3. Murano; 4. St Mark's; 5. Byzantine palaces; Second, or Gothic, period: 6. The nature of Gothic; 7. Gothic palaces; 8. The ducal palace; Author's appendix.

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NLS9781108008587
9781108008587
1108008585
The Works of John Ruskin by John Ruskin
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2010-02-18
612
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