The Works of John Ruskin

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-108-00854-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 604 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

The influence of John Ruskin (1819-1900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and was the main influence behind 'Gothic revival' architecture. As a social critic, he argued for the improvement of the condition of the poor, and against the increasing mechanisation of work in factories, which he believed was dull and soul-destroying. The thirty-nine volumes of the Library Edition of his works, published between 1903 and 1912, are themselves a remarkable achievement, in which his books and essays - almost all highly illustrated - are given a biographical and critical context in extended introductory essays and in the 'Minor Ruskiniana' - extracts from letters, articles and reminiscences both by and about Ruskin. This sixth volume contains Volume 4 of Modern Painters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruskin, John

Cook, Edward Tyas

Wedderburn, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Editionen, Kritische Editionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Geschichte der Kunstwissenschaft und Kunstkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Bibliographical note; Modern painters, Vol. IV: Preface; Part V. 'Of mountain beauty': 1. Of the Turnerian picturesque; 2. Of Turnerian topography; 3. Of Turnerian light; 4. Of Turnerian mystery: as essential; 5. Of Turnerian mystery: wilful; 6. The firmament; 7. The dry land; 8. Of the materials of mountains: compact crystallines; 9. Of the materials of mountains: slaty crystallines; 10. Of the materials of mountains: slaty coherents; 11. Of the materials of mountains: compact coherents; 12. Of the sculpture of mountains: the lateral ranges; 13. Of the scupture of mountains: the central peaks; 14. Resulting forms: aiguilles; 15. Resulting forms: crests; 16. Resulting forms: precipices; 17. Resulting forms: banks; 18. Resulting forms: stones; 19. The mountain gloom; 20. The mountain glory; Appendix.