The Works of John Ruskin 39 Volume Paperback Set: The Works of John Ruskin (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) (Volume 33) (Cambridge Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin)
Cambridge University Press, 2/18/2010
EAN 9781108008815, ISBN10: 110800881X
Paperback, 696 pages, 22.9 x 15 x 3.8 cm
Language: English
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 thirty-third volume contains essays and lectures on art and architecture, including 'The Bible of Amiens'.
Introduction
1. 'Our fathers have told us'
2. The Bible of Amiens
3. Chapters for later parts of 'Our fathers'
4. Valle crucis
5. The art of England
6. The pleasures of England
7. Final lectures at Oxford.