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John Ruskin
Andrew Ballantyne
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Description for John Ruskin
Paperback. A new critical biography of prominent 19th-century art and architecture critic John Ruskin, which shows how Ruskin's ideas gave a clear moral character to art, architecture and the picturesque and reveals why and how his reputation still endures today. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30. BIC Classification: AB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his day. His books, pamphlets and letters to the press had an influence on all classes of society, from road-menders to royalty, and he still maintains a popular reputation today, though he is remembered less for his views than for his failed marriage to Effie Gray, who left him for the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. Frequently imagined as a Victorian prude, there was far more to Ruskin than this derisory description suggests. John Ruskin shows us how Ruskin's ideas gave a moral character to art, architecture and ... Read more
John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his day. His books, pamphlets and letters to the press had an influence on all classes of society, from road-menders to royalty, and he still maintains a popular reputation today, though he is remembered less for his views than for his failed marriage to Effie Gray, who left him for the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. Frequently imagined as a Victorian prude, there was far more to Ruskin than this derisory description suggests. John Ruskin shows us how Ruskin's ideas gave a moral character to art, architecture and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Critical Lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780234298
SKU
V9781780234298
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99-15
About Andrew Ballantyne
Andrew Ballantyne is Professor of Architecture at Newcastle University and the author of Architecture: A Very Short Introduction(2002) and Tudoresque: In Pursuit of the Ideal Home (with Andrew Law, Reaktion, 2011).
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