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John Ruskin

A Joy For Ever (and Its Price in the Market)John Ruskin A Joy For Ever (and Its Price in the Market) PREFACE TO THE RE-ISSUE OF 1880 The title of this book,—or, more accurately, of its subject;—for no author was ever less likely than I have lately become, to hope for perennial pleasure to his rea...

The Two PathsJohn Ruskin The Two Paths PREFACE The following addresses, though spoken at different times, are intentionally connected in subject; their aim being to set one or two main principles of art in simple light before the general student, and to indicate their practical bearing on modern ...

Mornings in FlorenceJohn Ruskin Mornings in Florence MORNINGS IN FLORENCE THE FIRST MORNING SANTA CROCEIf there is one artist, more than another, whose work it is desirable that you should examine in Florence, supposing that you care for old art at all, it is Giotto. You can, indeed, also see wor...

The Ethics of the DustJohn Ruskin The Ethics of the Dust TEN LECTURES TO LITTLE HOUSEWIVESON THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLIZATIONBY JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D.,HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, AND SLADE PROFESSOR OF FINE ARTDEDICATION TO THE REAL LITTLE HOUSEWIVES, WHOSE GENTLE LISTENING AND THOUGHTFUL QUEST...

Stones of Venice [introductions]John Ruskin Stones of Venice [introductions] THE STONES OF VENICE:INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS AND LOCAL INDICES (PRINTED SEPARATELY) FOR THE USE OF TRAVELLERS WHILE STAYING IN VENICE AND VERONABY JOHN RUSKIN, LL.DPREFACE This volume is the first of a series designed by t...

On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2)John Ruskin On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) / A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature MY FIRST EDITOR. 1 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCE(University Magazine, April 1878.)1st February, 1878.1. In seven days more I shall be fifty-nine;—whi...

The Crown of Wild OliveJohn Ruskin The Crown of Wild Olive / also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing PREFACE Twenty years ago, there was no lovelier piece of lowland scenery in South England, nor any more pa...

Val d'ArnoJohn Ruskin Val d'Arno / Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art Directly Antecedent to the Florentine Year of Victories; Given Before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1873 LECTURE I. NICHOLAS THE PISAN 1. On this day, of this month, the 20th of October, six hundred and twenty-three ...

Arrows of the Chace, vol. 1/2John Ruskin Arrows of the Chace, vol. 1/2 / being a collection of scattered letters published chiefly / in the daily newspapers 1840-1880 AUTHOR’S PREFACE My good Editor insists that this book must have an Author’s Preface; and insists further that it shall not contai...

Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of SculptureJohn Ruskin Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture / Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 PREFACE 1. I must pray the readers of the following Lectures to remember that the duty at present...