Ruskin, John 1819-1900
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| Works: | 10,501 works in 31,432 publications in 12 languages and 275,284 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Biographies Criticism, interpretation, etc History Fairy tales Juvenile works Art Drawings Fiction Guidebooks Paintings |
| Subject Headings: | Authors, English |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Photographer, Illustrator, Creator, Author of introduction, Honoree, Contributor, Other, Artist, Dedicatee, Bibliographic antecedent, 070, Narrator, win, Adapter, wpr |
| Classifications: | PR5263, 828.809 |
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Most widely held works about
John Ruskin
- John Ruskin : the critical heritage by John Lewis Bradley( )
- John Ruskin's political economy by Willie Henderson( )
- Arts & crafts movement by Oscar Lovell Triggs( )
- Ruskin's maze : mastery and madness in his art by Jay Fellows( )
- The darkening glass; a portrait of Ruskin's genius by John D Rosenberg( Book )
- Arts & crafts by Oscar Lovell Triggs( )
- Ruskin today by John Ruskin( Book )
- Parallel lives : five Victorian marriages by Phyllis Rose( Book )
- John Ruskin, the passionate moralist by Joan Abse( Book )
- John Ruskin by Frederic Harrison( Book )
- Victorian critics of democracy : Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold, Stephen, Maine, Lecky by Benjamin E Lippincott( Book )
- Ruskin by Quentin Bell( Book )
- John Ruskin : the argument of the eye by Robert Hewison( Book )
- Ruskin, the great Victorian by Derrick Leon( Book )
- Constructing cultural tourism : John Ruskin and the tourist gaze by Keith Hanley( )
- The influence of John Ruskin on the teaching of drawing in Brazil : how his spatial way of thinking affects architecture and painting by Claudio Silveira Amaral( )
- Sympathy of things : Ruskin and the ecology of design by Lars Spuybroek( )
- Persistent Ruskin : studies in influence, assimilation and effect by Keith Hanley( )
- The poet as botanist by M. M Mahood( )
- Men in wonderland : the lost girlhood of the Victorian gentleman by Catherine Robson( Book )
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Most widely held works by
John Ruskin
The seven lamps of architecture by
John Ruskin(
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556 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 6 languages and held by 5,371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For other editions, see Author Catalog
556 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 6 languages and held by 5,371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For other editions, see Author Catalog
Sesame and lilies by
John Ruskin(
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391 editions published between 1800 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 5,324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin's 'Sesame and Lilies', first published in 1865, is a classic 19th-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women. This volume reunites the two halves of the work: 'Of Kings' Treasuries' and 'Of Queens' Gardens', along with a lecture delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Science in Dublin in 1868 titled "The Mystery of Life and Its Arts"
391 editions published between 1800 and 2018 in 5 languages and held by 5,324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin's 'Sesame and Lilies', first published in 1865, is a classic 19th-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women. This volume reunites the two halves of the work: 'Of Kings' Treasuries' and 'Of Queens' Gardens', along with a lecture delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Science in Dublin in 1868 titled "The Mystery of Life and Its Arts"
The stones of Venice by
John Ruskin(
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624 editions published between 1850 and 2020 in 6 languages and held by 5,247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice. This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am here, it is a Paradise of Cities."
624 editions published between 1850 and 2020 in 6 languages and held by 5,247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice. This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am here, it is a Paradise of Cities."
The king of the Golden river by
John Ruskin(
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299 editions published between 1841 and 2019 in 10 languages and held by 4,408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The East Wind and the King of the Golden River turn two cruel brothers into black stones, but kindly Gluck, youngest in the family, is rewarded for his unselfishness
299 editions published between 1841 and 2019 in 10 languages and held by 4,408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The East Wind and the King of the Golden River turn two cruel brothers into black stones, but kindly Gluck, youngest in the family, is rewarded for his unselfishness
"Unto this last" : four essays on the first principles of political economy by
John Ruskin(
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369 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 3,956 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were, in the words of Ruskin himself, "very violently criticized" and the publisher was force to halt publication. But Ruskin persevered and released the four articles in this book form in 1862. Gandhi read Unto This Last in 1904 and it had a huge impact on his social and economic
369 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 3,956 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were, in the words of Ruskin himself, "very violently criticized" and the publisher was force to halt publication. But Ruskin persevered and released the four articles in this book form in 1862. Gandhi read Unto This Last in 1904 and it had a huge impact on his social and economic
Modern painters by
John Ruskin(
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600 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 7 languages and held by 3,629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ruskin, the Victorian-era British writer whose work had a profound influence on artists, art historians, and writers both during his life and after, wrote Modern Painters in five separate volumes published between 1843 and 1860. It is, among other things, an evaluation of individual painters, a religious statement, a discourse on nature, and a splendid example of Victorian prose style. The original text has been abridged into this one-volume edition, which preserves the essential points of Ruskin's argument and provides the modern reader with a satisfying sample of Ruskin's justly acclaimed prose
600 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 7 languages and held by 3,629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ruskin, the Victorian-era British writer whose work had a profound influence on artists, art historians, and writers both during his life and after, wrote Modern Painters in five separate volumes published between 1843 and 1860. It is, among other things, an evaluation of individual painters, a religious statement, a discourse on nature, and a splendid example of Victorian prose style. The original text has been abridged into this one-volume edition, which preserves the essential points of Ruskin's argument and provides the modern reader with a satisfying sample of Ruskin's justly acclaimed prose
The queen of the air : being a study of the Greek myths of cloud and storm by
John Ruskin(
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200 editions published between 1869 and 2020 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,967 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The English social thinker John Ruskin's famous trilogy of lectures on the subject of Greek myths of 'Cloud and Storm': Athena Chalinitis (Athena in the Heavens), Athena Keramitis (Athena in the Earth) and Athena Ergane (Athena in the Heart)
200 editions published between 1869 and 2020 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,967 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The English social thinker John Ruskin's famous trilogy of lectures on the subject of Greek myths of 'Cloud and Storm': Athena Chalinitis (Athena in the Heavens), Athena Keramitis (Athena in the Earth) and Athena Ergane (Athena in the Heart)
Lectures on art by
John Ruskin(
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219 editions published between 1870 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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."--Jacket
219 editions published between 1870 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 1,634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"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."--Jacket
Fors clavigera: letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain by
John Ruskin(
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227 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Fors Clavigera (1871-1884), Ruskin's serial 'Letters to the Workmen of Great Britain', is his most controversial and personal text. 'I neither wish to please, nor displease you; but to provoke you to think', Ruskin told his readers." "Discursive, angry, and uncompromising, Fors is now seen as the most innovative and in many ways the most modern work of his later years. Interest in its extraordinary achievement has steadily expanded. Tim Hilton's biography identifies Fors Clavigera as 'Ruskin's masterpiece'. The lack of an accessible edition has obstructed the testing of Hilton's claim." "This selected edition of Fors Clavigera is the first since the Library edition completed its 3-volume text (long out of print, and now often hard to find) in 1907. It provides an extensive and carefully chosen selection of the most challenging writing in Fors, including several complete letters and sequences. The densely allusive text is elucidated with full annotation, and the edition is provided with a critical introduction, bibliographical notes, and suggestions for further reading. Ruskin's original illustrations, essential for the understanding of his argument, are reproduced."--BOOK JACKET
227 editions published between 1800 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Fors Clavigera (1871-1884), Ruskin's serial 'Letters to the Workmen of Great Britain', is his most controversial and personal text. 'I neither wish to please, nor displease you; but to provoke you to think', Ruskin told his readers." "Discursive, angry, and uncompromising, Fors is now seen as the most innovative and in many ways the most modern work of his later years. Interest in its extraordinary achievement has steadily expanded. Tim Hilton's biography identifies Fors Clavigera as 'Ruskin's masterpiece'. The lack of an accessible edition has obstructed the testing of Hilton's claim." "This selected edition of Fors Clavigera is the first since the Library edition completed its 3-volume text (long out of print, and now often hard to find) in 1907. It provides an extensive and carefully chosen selection of the most challenging writing in Fors, including several complete letters and sequences. The densely allusive text is elucidated with full annotation, and the edition is provided with a critical introduction, bibliographical notes, and suggestions for further reading. Ruskin's original illustrations, essential for the understanding of his argument, are reproduced."--BOOK JACKET
The lamp of beauty; writings on art by
John Ruskin(
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40 editions published between 1959 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin was arguably the most important critic of the 19th century. His influence affected the course of British art and architecture and this book provides in a single volume his finest essays, teachings and appreciations of works of art
40 editions published between 1959 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,204 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin was arguably the most important critic of the 19th century. His influence affected the course of British art and architecture and this book provides in a single volume his finest essays, teachings and appreciations of works of art
The elements of drawing : in three letters to beginners by
John Ruskin(
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188 editions published between 1857 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 1,139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin shaped generations of artists, art critics and historians' understanding of how art works. He was the preeminent critic of his time, and a fine artist in his own right. In The Elements of Drawing, Ruskin explains how to draw and how to look at the drawings of others, in a wonderful primer on line, tone, weight, color, and composition. Fully illustrated by the author, to demonstrate the techniques he describes, The Elements of Drawing was and is one of the all-time classics in art and art history. This edition is a facsimile reproduction of the original 1857 work, with all Ruskin's original art included, as well as his comprehensive list of resources and works any young artist should study
188 editions published between 1857 and 2020 in 4 languages and held by 1,139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Ruskin shaped generations of artists, art critics and historians' understanding of how art works. He was the preeminent critic of his time, and a fine artist in his own right. In The Elements of Drawing, Ruskin explains how to draw and how to look at the drawings of others, in a wonderful primer on line, tone, weight, color, and composition. Fully illustrated by the author, to demonstrate the techniques he describes, The Elements of Drawing was and is one of the all-time classics in art and art history. This edition is a facsimile reproduction of the original 1857 work, with all Ruskin's original art included, as well as his comprehensive list of resources and works any young artist should study
Sesame and lilies. Three lectures by
John Ruskin(
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218 editions published between 1871 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Of kings' treasures.--Of queens' gardens.--Of the mystery of life
218 editions published between 1871 and 2019 in 3 languages and held by 1,119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Of kings' treasures.--Of queens' gardens.--Of the mystery of life
The elements of drawing by
John Ruskin(
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105 editions published between 1857 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 1,056 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Can drawing--sound, honest representation of the world as the eye sees it, not tricks with the pencil or a few "effects"--be learned from a book? One of the most gifted draftsmen, who is also one of the greatest art citics and theorists of all time, answers that question with a decided "Yes." He is John Ruskin..."--Page [4] of cover
105 editions published between 1857 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 1,056 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Can drawing--sound, honest representation of the world as the eye sees it, not tricks with the pencil or a few "effects"--be learned from a book? One of the most gifted draftsmen, who is also one of the greatest art citics and theorists of all time, answers that question with a decided "Yes." He is John Ruskin..."--Page [4] of cover
Mornings in Florence : being simple studies of Christian art, for English travellers by
John Ruskin(
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144 editions published between 1871 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 961 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Volume containing the printed title page, preface, and table of contents to "The shephard's tower," being the photographic illustrations to part IV of Ruskin's "Mornings in Florence"; "End of sixth morning," AMs 1 p.; "The Baptistry of Florence," AMs 5 p.; "The Spanish Chapel," AMs 2 p. memoranda; "The visible church," printed proofs 11 p.; and a signed autograph letter from R. Caird, with notes on St. Jerome, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the symbolism of the Cross, dated 1881
144 editions published between 1871 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 961 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Volume containing the printed title page, preface, and table of contents to "The shephard's tower," being the photographic illustrations to part IV of Ruskin's "Mornings in Florence"; "End of sixth morning," AMs 1 p.; "The Baptistry of Florence," AMs 5 p.; "The Spanish Chapel," AMs 2 p. memoranda; "The visible church," printed proofs 11 p.; and a signed autograph letter from R. Caird, with notes on St. Jerome, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the symbolism of the Cross, dated 1881
The crown of wild olive [four lectures on work, traffic, war and the future of England by
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221 editions published between 1866 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ruskin was a great exponent of the ethics of political economy, and has taught us never to neglect the human soul in a science apt to confine itself to figures
221 editions published between 1866 and 2019 in 4 languages and held by 929 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ruskin was a great exponent of the ethics of political economy, and has taught us never to neglect the human soul in a science apt to confine itself to figures
Mornings in Florence by
John Ruskin(
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162 editions published between 1875 and 2020 in 5 languages and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Subtitled Being Simple Studies on Christian Art for English Travellers," Ruskin uses this 1877 work to advise pilgrims to Italy on what works of art to see during a limited time. His casual stroll conducts readers through the gates and basilicas of the city to ponder the genius of Giotto, Ghirlandajo, Boticelli, and others
162 editions published between 1875 and 2020 in 5 languages and held by 910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Subtitled Being Simple Studies on Christian Art for English Travellers," Ruskin uses this 1877 work to advise pilgrims to Italy on what works of art to see during a limited time. His casual stroll conducts readers through the gates and basilicas of the city to ponder the genius of Giotto, Ghirlandajo, Boticelli, and others
The ethics of the dust; ten lectures to little housewives on the elements of crystallization by
John Ruskin(
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140 editions published between 1865 and 1920 in English and held by 895 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The valley of diamonds --The pyramid builders -- The crystal life --The crystal orders --Crystal virtues -- Crystal quarrels -- Home virtues -- Crystal caprice -- Crystal sorrows -- The crystal rest
140 editions published between 1865 and 1920 in English and held by 895 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The valley of diamonds --The pyramid builders -- The crystal life --The crystal orders --Crystal virtues -- Crystal quarrels -- Home virtues -- Crystal caprice -- Crystal sorrows -- The crystal rest
Selections and essays by
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20 editions published between 1918 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A leading art patron, lecturer, and author of the Victorian era, John Ruskin was also one of the period's foremost art and social critics. This anthology features excerpts from some of his best-known books, including Modern Painters and The Stones of Venice, on the subjects he held most dear: nature, art, and society
20 editions published between 1918 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A leading art patron, lecturer, and author of the Victorian era, John Ruskin was also one of the period's foremost art and social critics. This anthology features excerpts from some of his best-known books, including Modern Painters and The Stones of Venice, on the subjects he held most dear: nature, art, and society
The literary criticism of John Ruskin by
John Ruskin(
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23 editions published between 1965 and 1987 in English and held by 855 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1965 and 1987 in English and held by 855 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Millais and the Ruskins by
Mary Lutyens(
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10 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 846 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Consists largely of letters written by John Ruskin, Euphemia Millais, and John Millais
10 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 846 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Consists largely of letters written by John Ruskin, Euphemia Millais, and John Millais
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Related Identities
- Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Author
- Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 Illustrator Artist Author
- Cook, Edward Tyas Sir 1857-1919 Other Author of introduction Author Editor Creator
- Morris, William 1834-1896 Book designer Artist Author of introduction Printer Author Editor Creator
- Bradley, John Lewis Other Author Editor
- Arnold, Matthew 1822-1888 Author
- Hewison, Robert 1943- Author of introduction Author Editor
- Millais, Euphemia Chalmers Gray Lady 1828-1897 Other Author Contributor
- Wedderburn, Alexander Other Translator Editor Author
- Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert) 1863-1942 Author
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John Ruskin angielski krytyk i teoretyk sztuki
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John Ruskin Engelsk forfatter og kunstkritiker
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John Ruskin escritor, crítico de arte e sociólogo británico
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Джон Раскін Англійський письменник та критик
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