Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813917894
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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This volume powerfully demonstrates the range and inexhaustible vitality of Ruskin's prose and will once again become an indispensable reference for Victorianists from a range of disciplines.
Author: Ruskin John
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ISBN: 9780259744870
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Languages : en
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Author: John Ruskin
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Author: John Ruskin
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Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243382231
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Excerpt from The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections From His Writings At the turn of the century a young litterateur in Paris and an Indian lawyer in Johannesburg discovered Ruskin, and in so doing discovered themselves. He will enable my spirit, Proust wrote in the first fervors of discipleship, to enter regions to which formerly it had no access, for he is the gate. Gandhi wrote in his autobiography that reading Unto This Last had awakened some of his deepest convie tions and transformed his life. The list might be extended William Morris and Ezra Pound, Tolstoy and Clement Attlee, Bernard Shaw and Frank Lloyd Wright - but the additions only heighten one's perplexity that a single mind could so decisively influence such diverse men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: John D. Rosenberg
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: John Ruskin
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ISBN: 9781843916147
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Thinker, writer, artist; by turns brilliant, contradictory and erratic. An icon of the Victorian era, a man touched by the hand of genius and haunted by the spectre of madness, John Raskin was cited as an inspiration by, among Others, Tolstoy, Proust, Gandhi and, of course, Oscar Wilde. In addition to founding the discipline of modern art criticism and rescuing from obscurity such cornerstones of art history as J.M.W. Turner, he wrote prolifically, publishing over 250 works. Among his many famed theories was an expostulation that each generation boasts just a few men of genius, who differ from their contemporaries both in social relations and in their attitudes to study and the products of men. Here we collate, from across the vast body of Ruskin's work, the gems of this theory, for the benefit both of those fascinated by genius and those who might aspire to this status. --Book Jacket.
Author: John D. Rosenberg
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231063873
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Author: Carmen Casaliggi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527588246
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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This book assesses Ruskin’s and Turner’s mutual interest in the theme of water, with particular reference to The Harbours of England (1856), Ruskin’s book on ships and marine art to which are appended Turner’s 12 illustrations of the English ports. By considering existing scholarly works on Ruskin and Turner, the book begins by demonstrating that the two, despite their widely acknowledged relations, have rarely been examined in conjunction. It raises the question as to how the subject of water inspired the intellectual, aesthetic, philosophical, and scientific climate of the nineteenth century, both in Britain and abroad, and acknowledges the significance of the relationship between Ruskin and Turner in the context of aquatic studies. Ruskin’s childhood fascination with water is examined in detail, while the scientific and spiritual importance of the subject in Modern Painters and The Stones of Venice is also emphasised and read in parallel with The Harbours of England, a detailed account of which is given, referring to both text and illustrations. Turner’s role in Ruskin’s understanding of specific water-pictures is also reconstructed. The book demonstrates that water is important as a multifaceted compendium of contemporary themes, for tradition, progress, nationalism, and patriotism find their iconography in its depiction. Considering the literary and painterly implications of wateriness, the text concludes with a reflection upon the significance of the study of water for Ruskin and Turner, and for their age.
Author: E. T. Cook
Publisher: Ardent Media
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Languages : en
Pages : 632
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