Lectures on Art (Aesthetics Today)
Editorial Reviews Communication Arts, April, 1998 "Lectures on Art makes a reappearance on the bookshelves at just the right time . . . . Many connections can be found to current theories in art and cultural studies." Book Description Reflecting Ruskin's belief that art is not an isolated pursuit, but one intimately connected with all aspects of human life, Lectures on Art explores the relation of art to religion, morality, and practicality as well as the significance of line, light, and color. Presented at Oxford, in 1870, Ruskin's lectures were so popular that they had to be moved to a larger hall to accommodate the hundreds who flocked to them. A pioneer environmentalist, an important influence on Oscar Wilde and Marcel Proust, and a passionate and wide-ranging thinker, Ruskin's ideas continue to be of vital interest to art, literature, and cultural studies.
This edition includes a new introduction by Bill Beckley, a biography of Ruskin, and is the first to reproduce many of the artworks mentioned by Ruskin in the lectures. Lectures on Art (Aesthetics Today)
Lectures on Art (Aesthetics Today),John Ruskin,Allworth Press,1880559544,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Art And Society,Criticism,Modern Art,Study & Teaching
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