The Works of John Ruskin 39 Volume Paperback Set: The Works of John Ruskin Volume 21: The Ruskin Art Collection At Oxford (Cambridge Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin)
Cambridge University Press, 1/1/2010
EAN 9781108008693, ISBN10: 1108008690
Paperback, 476 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 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 twenty-first volume contains the catalogues of the Ruskin Art Collection at Oxford.
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.