The Works of John Ruskin
by John Ruskin, Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Wedderburn
This twenty-first volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903–1912) of the works of John Ruskin contains the catalogues of the Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford.
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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 twenty-first volume contains the catalogues of the Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford.
Author Biography
From his early youth John Ruskin drew obsessively, a discipline that he not only kept up right through the production of his great literary works, but which was essential to them. This book is the result of quite considerable teaching experience.
Table of Contents
Introduction; General bibliographical note; Catalogues of the Ruskin Art Collection, Oxford: 1. The standard and reference series; 2. The educational series; 3. The rudimentary series; Appendix.
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