John Ruskin

The Works of John Ruskin

Herausgeber: Cook, Edward Tyas; Wedderburn, Alexander Dundas Oligvy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 756
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1074g
• ISBN-13: 9781108008600
• ISBN-10: 1108008607
• Artikelnr.: 29351510

Autorenporträt

John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art critic, and polymath during the Victorian era. He lived from 8 February 1819 to 20 January 1900. He published on a wide range of topics, including political economy, myth, ornithology, literature, education, and geology. Ruskin was very interested in Viollet le Duc's work, especially his Dictionary, which he regarded to be "the only book of any value on architecture." He taught it to all of his students, including William Morris. Ruskin used a variety of literary genres and writing styles. In addition to articles and treatises, he also published poems, lectures, travel instructions, correspondence, and even a fairy tale. Additionally, he created in-depth drawings and paintings of decorations, landscapes, birds, plants, and rocks. His early writings on art were written in an ornate style that eventually gave way to simpler language that served to better convey his ideas. He highlighted the links between nature, art, and society in all of his writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Lectures on Architecture and Painting (1854): 1. Architecture
2. Architecture
3. Turner and his works
4. Pre-Raphaelitism
Part II. Reviews, Letters, and Pamphlets on Art (1844-1854): 1. Review of Lord Lindsay's 'History of Christian Art' (1847)
2. Review of Eastlake's 'History of Oil-Painting' (1848)
3. Samuel Prout (1849)
4. Letters on the Pre-Raphaelite artists (1851, 1854)
5. Pre-Raphaelitism (pamphlet, 1851)
6. Letters on the National Gallery (1847, 1852)
7. The opening of the Crystal Palace (pamphlet, 1854)
Appendix
Part III: Notes on the construction of sheepfolds (1851)
Appendix
Part IV: Letters on politics (1852).