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Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
Category: Art
Ruskin's "The Elements of Drawing", first published in 1857, remains one of the most sensible and useful books on how to draw and paint, both for the amateur and the professional artist. Ruskin reduces the art of drawing to its simplest elements - the making of marks, the perception of shapes and silhou ...Show more
Giotto and His Works in Padua by John Ruskin
Category: Art and Design | Series: Ekphrasis Ser.
Nature of Gothic by JOHN RUSKIN
Category: Architecture
'One of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century.' William Morris, in the Preface. The Nature of Gothic started life as a chapter in Ruskin's masterwork, The Stones of Venice. Ruskin came to lament the 'Frankenstein monsters' of Victorian buildings with added Gothic which 'The Sto ...Show more
On Art and Life by John Ruskin
Category: History | Series: Penguin Great Ideas 15
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
Selections and Essays (John Ruskin) by John Ruskin
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A leading art patron, lecturer, and author of the Victorian era, John Ruskin was also one of the period's foremost art and social critics. This anthology features excerpts from some of his best-known books, including Modern Painters and The Stones of Venice, on the subjects he held most dear: nature, ar ...Show more
The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
Category: Art | Series: Dover Art Instruction
Timeless work by one of the greatest art critics of all time begins with bare fundamentals and offers brilliant philosophical advice from sketching to the laws of color and composition. "The truth behind Ruskin's statements is always clear." - American Artist. 48 illustrations.
The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Category: Children's
The King of the Golden River tells the tale of the Black brothers: the kind-natured eleven- year-old Gluck and his two nasty older brothers, Hans and Schwartz. For Gluck, play is cleaning the floors, and his education consists of a wholesome quantity of punches. One stormy evening, Gluck is left at home ...Show more
The Lamp of Memory by John Ruskin
Category: Culture | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
John Ruskin overturned Victorian society's ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is essential - not for financial gain, but to communicate eternal human truths. Throughout history, some boo ...Show more
The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin
Category: Architecture
John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are expressed in this text. This edition contains Ruskin's essay "The Nature of Gothic", a descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration.
The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin
Category: Reference | Series: Pallas Athene Travel Literature Ser.
In the early 1850s, John Ruskin published The Stones of Venice, a history of Venetian architecture. He asserted the moral and aesthetic superiority of Venice's medieval buildings over structures from the Renaissance period. Ruskin's engaging and beautifully crafted prose inspired his Anglo-American read ...Show more