The Works of John Ruskin Volume 14: Academy Notes, Notes on Prout and Hunt, and Other Art Critisms, 1855-1888: Academy Notes Notes on Prout and Hunt, ... Library Collection - Works of John Ruskin)
Cambridge University Press, 10/1/2010
EAN 9781108008624, ISBN10: 1108008623
Paperback, 608 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in 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 fourteenth volume contains Ruskin's 'Academy Notes' and other writings on painting and painters.
Introduction
Part I. Academy notes
1. 1855
2. 1856
3. 1857
4. 1858
5. 1859
6. 1875. Part II. Letters and papers on pictures and artists
1. Pre-Raphaelitism in Liverpool
2. Generalisation and the Scotch Pre-Raphaelites
3. John Leech's outlines
4. Ernest George's etchings
5. The Frederick Walker exhibition
6. Arthur Burgess
7. The black arts
Part III. Notes on Samuel Prout and William Hunt
1. William Hunt
2. Samuel Prout
3. Notes on the drawings
4. Indexes
Appendixes.