John Ruskin

Gebundenes Buch

Praeterita

Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

Beschreibung

(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1885. Ruskin, the greatest Victorian bar Victoria, was an artist, scientist, poet, environmentalist, philosopher, and the preeminent art critic of his time. His last disappointment in love over Rose la Touche contributed to a mental breakdown causing him to spend his last years in seclusion at Brantwood on Lake Coniston, where he wrote Praeterita, an unfinished account of his early life. Contents: The Springs of Wandel; Herne-Hill Almond Blossoms; The Banks of Tay; Under New Tutorships; Parnassus and Plynlimmon; Schaffhausen and Milan; Papa and Mama; Vester Camenae; The Col de la Faucille; Quem Tu, Melpomene; Christ Church Choir; and Roslyn Chapel. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Autor

John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art expert, and general know-it-all who lived from February 8, 1819, to January 20, 1900. He wrote about a lot of different things, like architecture, mythology, birds, literature, schooling, botany, politics, and the economy. Ruskin was very interested in Viollet le Duc's work and taught it to all of his students, including William Morris. He thought Viollet le Duc's Dictionary was "the only book of any value on architecture." Ruskin used a lot of different writing styles and literary types. Besides essays and treatises, he also wrote poems, gave talks, traveled guides and manuals, letters, and even a fairy tale. He also drew and painted scenes with rocks, plants, birds, scenery, buildings, and decorations in great detail. His early writings on art were written in a very complicated style. Over time, he switched to simpler language that was meant to get his ideas across more clearly. He always stressed the links between nature, art, and society in everything he wrote. Up until the First World War, Ruskin had a huge impact on the second half of the 1800s. After a time of decline, his reputation has steadily gotten better since the 1960s, when a lot of academic studies of his work came out.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1398g
• ISBN-13: 9781169850439
• ISBN-10: 116985043X
• Artikelnr.: 37466503