An Introduction To The Writings Of John Ruskin

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Human-Built World

Author : Thomas P. Hughes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022612066X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Human-Built World written by Thomas P. Hughes and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-05-13 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To most people, technology has been reduced to computers, consumer goods, and military weapons; we speak of "technological progress" in terms of RAM and CD-ROMs and the flatness of our television screens. In Human-Built World, thankfully, Thomas Hughes restores to technology the conceptual richness and depth it deserves by chronicling the ideas about technology expressed by influential Western thinkers who not only understood its multifaceted character but who also explored its creative potential. Hughes draws on an enormous range of literature, art, and architecture to explore what technology has brought to society and culture, and to explain how we might begin to develop an "ecotechnology" that works with, not against, ecological systems. From the "Creator" model of development of the sixteenth century to the "big science" of the 1940s and 1950s to the architecture of Frank Gehry, Hughes nimbly charts the myriad ways that technology has been woven into the social and cultural fabric of different eras and the promises and problems it has offered. Thomas Jefferson, for instance, optimistically hoped that technology could be combined with nature to create an Edenic environment; Lewis Mumford, two centuries later, warned of the increasing mechanization of American life. Such divergent views, Hughes shows, have existed side by side, demonstrating the fundamental idea that "in its variety, technology is full of contradictions, laden with human folly, saved by occasional benign deeds, and rich with unintended consequences." In Human-Built World, he offers the highly engaging history of these contradictions, follies, and consequences, a history that resurrects technology, rightfully, as more than gadgetry; it is in fact no less than an embodiment of human values.

John Ruskin

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Ruskin written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

John Ruskin and Nineteenth-Century Education

Author : Valerie Purton
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1783088079
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book John Ruskin and Nineteenth-Century Education written by Valerie Purton and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An art historian, cultural critic and political theorist, John Ruskin was, above all, a great educator. The inspiration behind William Morris, Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust and Mahatma Gandhi, Ruskin’s influence can be felt increasingly in every sphere education today. John Ruskin and Nineteenth-Century Education brings together top international Ruskin scholars, exploring Ruskin’s many-faceted writings, pointing to some of the key educational issues raised by his work, and concluding with a powerful rereading of his ecological writing and apocalyptic vision of the earth’s future. In anticipation of the bicentennial of Ruskin’s birth in 2019, this volume makes a fresh and significant contribution to Victorian studies in the twenty-first century. It is dedicated to Dinah Birch, a much-loved Victorian specialist and authority on John Ruskin.

On Art and Life

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101651148
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book On Art and Life written by John Ruskin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-09-06 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes two of John Ruskin's famous essays: "The Nature of the Gothic" and "The Work of Iron" from his book The Stones of Venice. Ruskin's insights into the need for individual artistic freedom, and his disdain for the mass-production art of the Victorian era, radically altered society's perception of creative design and remain powerfully relevant to our ideas of beauty today.

The Genius of John Ruskin

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813917894
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Genius of John Ruskin written by John Ruskin and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume powerfully demonstrates the range and inexhaustible vitality of Ruskin's prose and will once again become an indispensable reference for Victorianists from a range of disciplines.

Giotto and His Works in Padua

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : London : Arundel Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Giotto and His Works in Padua written by John Ruskin and published by London : Arundel Society. This book was released on 1854 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Praeterita

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191627364
Total Pages : 1369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Praeterita written by John Ruskin and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 1369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'For as I look deeper into the mirror, I find myself a more curious person than I had thought.' John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a towering figure of the nineteenth century: an art critic who spoke up for J. M. W. Turner and for the art of the Italian Middle Ages; a social critic whose aspiration for, and disappointment in, the future of Great Britain was expressed in some of the most vibrant prose in the language. Ruskin's incomplete autobiography was written between periods of serious mental illness at the end of his career, and is an eloquent analysis of the guiding powers of his life, both public and private. An elegy for lost places and people, Praeterita recounts Ruskin's intense childhood, his time as an undergraduate at Oxford, and, most of all, his journeys across France, the Alps, and northern Italy. Attentive to the human or divine meaning of everything around him, Praeterita is an astonishing account of revelation. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The King of the Golden River

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of the Golden River written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Days of Reading

Author : Marcel Proust
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141963395
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Days of Reading written by Marcel Proust and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Selected Writings

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199539246
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Selected Writings written by John Ruskin and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin was the most powerful and influential critic of the nineteenth century. He wrote about nature, art, architecture, politics, history, myth and much besides. This new selection draws on the whole range of his output, including representative material from all his major works. The introduction outlines the development of his life and thought and shows why he remains such a rewarding writer today.

John Ruskin and the Fabric of Architecture

Author : Anuradha Chatterjee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317048253
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis John Ruskin and the Fabric of Architecture by : Anuradha Chatterjee

Download or read book John Ruskin and the Fabric of Architecture written by Anuradha Chatterjee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the theoretical lenses of dress studies, gender, science, and visual studies, this volume analyses the impact John Ruskin has had on architecture throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores Ruskin’s different ideologies, such as the adorned wall veil, which were instrumental in bringing focus to structures that were previously unconsidered. John Ruskin and the Fabric of Architecture examines the ways in which Ruskin perceives the evolution of architecture through the idea that architecture is surface. The creative act in architecture, analogous to the divine act of creation, was viewed as a form of dressing. By adding highly aesthetic features to designs, taking inspiration from the 'veil' of women’s clothing, Ruskin believed that buildings could be transformed into meaningful architecture. This volume discusses the importance of Ruskin’s surface theory and the myth of feminine architecture, and additionally presents a competing theory of textile analogy in architecture based on morality and gender to counter Gottfried Semper’s historicist perspective. This book would be beneficial to students and academics of architectural history and theory, gender studies and visual studies who wish to delve into Ruskin’s theories and to further understand his capacity for thinking beyond the historical methods. The book will also be of interest to architectural practitioners, particularly Ruskin’s theory of surface architecture.

The Nature of Gothic

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Gothic written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

John Ruskin

Author : Christopher Newall
Publisher : Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781907372575
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book John Ruskin written by Christopher Newall and published by Paul Holberton Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as a writer on art, architecture, nature, landscape, economics and history, John Ruskin (1819-1900) also produced extraordinary drawings and watercolours that offer insight into the workings of his mind and are testimony to the scrupulous attention he gave to everything that interested him. In his drawings, Ruskin revealed a range of emotional responses, from euphoric delight in pattern, colour and texture to utter despondency at what he came to perceive as the ultimate corruption of all things. Accompanying a landmark exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, in 2014, this book explores a private but hugely revealing aspect of Ruskin's creative life. -- from back cover.

The Works of John Ruskin

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Works of John Ruskin written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Genius

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843916147
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book On Genius written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinker, writer, artist; by turns brilliant, contradictory and erratic. An icon of the Victorian era, a man touched by the hand of genius and haunted by the spectre of madness, John Raskin was cited as an inspiration by, among Others, Tolstoy, Proust, Gandhi and, of course, Oscar Wilde. In addition to founding the discipline of modern art criticism and rescuing from obscurity such cornerstones of art history as J.M.W. Turner, he wrote prolifically, publishing over 250 works. Among his many famed theories was an expostulation that each generation boasts just a few men of genius, who differ from their contemporaries both in social relations and in their attitudes to study and the products of men. Here we collate, from across the vast body of Ruskin's work, the gems of this theory, for the benefit both of those fascinated by genius and those who might aspire to this status. --Book Jacket.

The Laws of Fésole

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781880559444
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book The Laws of Fésole written by John Ruskin and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin offers criticism, appreciation and instruction for artists. The textovers principles of drawing and painting from the Tuscan masters. Aiographical note and introduction by Bill Beckley is included.

The Works of John Ruskin: Bibliography. Catalogue of Ruskin's drawings. Addenda et corrigenda

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Works of John Ruskin: Bibliography. Catalogue of Ruskin's drawings. Addenda et corrigenda written by John Ruskin and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1-35, works. Volume 36-37, letters. Volume 38 provides an extensive bibliography of Ruskin's writings and a catalogue of his drawings, with corrections to earlier volumes in George Allen's Library Edition of the Works of John Ruskin. Volume 39, general index.