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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 twelfth volume contains Ruskin's lectures on architecture and painting.

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; 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).

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This twelfth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903-1912) of the works of John Ruskin contains his lectures on architecture and painting.

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This twelfth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903-1912) of the works of John Ruskin contains his lectures on architecture and painting.

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