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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
John Ruskin overturned Victorian society's ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is essential - not for financial gain, but to communicate eternal human truths.
Author
Series
Great ideas volume 15
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
John Ruskin's insights into the need for individual artistic freedom, and his disdain for the mass-production art of the Victorian era, radically altered society's perception of creative design and remain powerfully relevant to our ideas of beauty today.
Author
Series
(Everyman's library volume 279)
Publisher
Everyman
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
An account of childhood, boyhood and youth, 'Praeterita' describes Ruskin's early years travelling through Europe. This text also features 'Dilecta', a selection of his diaries, letters and other passages which throw further light on his memoirs.
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