Cosimo Classics
The Stones of Venice - Volume I: The Foundations
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9781602066991
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9781602066991
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The Stones of Venice - Volume I: The Foundations
$27.56
"More than simply a survey of an ancient city's most significant buildings, The Stones of Venice first published in three volumes between 1851 and 1853 is an expression of a philosophy of art, nature, and morality that goes beyond art history, and has inspired such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Mahatma Gandhi. Volume I, intended as the groundwork for the author's subsequent architectural teaching, provides a brief history of Venice and an analysis of architecture s functional and ornamental aspects. Unabridged, and containing Ruskin s original drawings, this guide to the moral, spiritual, and aesthetic implications of architecture will be appreciated by students and scholars alike. The preeminent art critic of his time, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819 1900) had a profound influence upon European painting, architecture, and aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. His immense body of literary works include Modern Painters, Volume I IV (1843 1856); The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849); Unto This Last (1862); Munera Pulveris (1862 3); The Crown of Wild Olive (1866); Time and Tide (1867); and Fors Clavigera (1871-84)."
| Author: John Ruskin |
| Publisher: Cosimo Classics |
| Publication Date: Jan 01, 2013 |
| Number of Pages: 464 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 160206699X |
| ISBN-13: 9781602066991 |
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