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001			891615195
003			OCoLC
005			20190729110314.0
008			140926s2015 enka b 000 0beng d
020			_a9781780234298 _q(pbk.)
020			_a1780234295 _q(pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)891615195
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043			_ae-uk-en
049			_aEEMR
050		4	_aPR5263 _b.B295 2015
050		4	_aPR5263 _b.B295 2015
082	0	4	_a828.809 _223
100	1		_aBallantyne, Andrew,
245	1	0	_aJohn Ruskin / _cAndrew Ballantyne.
264		1	_aLondon : _bReaktion Books, _c2015.
300			_a252 pages : _billustrations ; _c20 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aCritical lives.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 241-248).
505	0		_aA start in life -- Turner and the picturesque -- The Pre-Raphaelites -- The seven lamps of architecture -- Lapping waves, living stones -- Reform -- Influence.
520			_a"John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his day. His books, pamphlets and letters to the press had an influence on all classes of society, from road-menders to royalty, and he still maintains a popular reputation today, though he is remembered less for his views than for his failed marriage to Effie Gray, who left him for the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. Frequently imagined as a Victorian prude, there was far more to Ruskin than this derisory description suggests. John Ruskin shows us how Ruskin's ideas gave a moral character to art, architecture and the Picturesque and reveals how and why his reputation endures. Ruskin's devoted parents were convinced that their son was a genius and encouraged him to write about the moral and spiritual value of art rather than his other major passion, geology. While his parents lived Ruskin wrote his best works: Modern Painters, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, The Stones of Venice and Unto This Last. After they died Ruskin seemed lost until he put himself in the hands of a younger cousin, Joan Severn, who guarded his reputation while his mental capacities declined, beyond the public gaze, in the Lake District. This book weaves Ruskin's life and work into a fascinating narrative about Victorian society: Ruskin understood art, its beauty and wonder, as a solution to the miseries of the urban poor and the key to living a worthwhile life. Offering fresh readings of Ruskin's major texts, this is an engaging biography of the artist's life and times."--Readings website.
600	1	0	_aRuskin, John, _d1819-1900.
650		0	_aArt critics _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aAuthors, English _y19th century _vBiography.
600	1	7	_aRuskin, John, _d1819-1900. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00030222.
650		7	_aArt critics. _2fast
650		7	_aAuthors, English. _2fast
651		7	_aGreat Britain. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204623.
648		7	_a1800 - 1899 _2fast.
655		7	_aBiography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423686.
830		0	_aCritical lives (London, England)
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