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Worlds of John Ruskin

Worlds of John Ruskin

by KevinJackson (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

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Synopsis

An introduction to the life, work and art of one of the most influential and exhilarating writers in English. Art critic, architectural visionary, social reformer, climate warner and incomparable teacher: Ruskin's words not only transformed Victorian England but speak to us with increasing urgency today. With 165 illustrations printed in full colour - including 111 images by Ruskin, ranging from private notes to presentation drawings to lecture diagrams - mostly from the collection at the Ruskin Library, and many never before published. Published in association with the Ruskin Foundation

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 160
 Edition: 01
 Publisher: Pallas Athene
Published: 01 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 1843680440
ISBN 13: 9781843680444

Media Reviews
One of the most remarkable men, not only of England and our time but of all countries at all times, he was of those rare men who think with their hearts Leo Tolstoy The author of the most splendid pages in our language Henry James The best watercolourist of the second half of the 19th century Kenneth Clark There is in you something of prophet, of priest, and of poet, and to you the gods gave eloquence such as they have given to none other, so that your message might come to us with the fire of passion, and the marvel of music, making the deaf to hear, and the blind to see Oscar Wilde I was determined to change my life in accordance with the ideals of the book Gandhi, on Unto this Last how much I admire him, listen to him, seek to understand him and to obey him Marcel Proust
Author Bio
Kevin Jackson is the author of A Ruskin Alphabet and How to be Rich (a comic book version of Ruskin's Unto this Last).