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The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin
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Category: Architecture
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 expressed in this text. This edition contains Ruskin's essay "The Nature of Gothic", a descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration.
The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin
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Category: Travel Writing | Series: Pallas Athene Travel Literature Ser.
In the early 1850s, John Ruskin published The Stones of Venice, a history of Venetian architecture. He asserted the moral and aesthetic superiority of Venice's medieval buildings over structures from the Renaissance period. Ruskin's engaging and beautifully crafted prose inspired his Anglo-American read ...Show more
Traffic: Little Black Classics: Penguin 80s #6 by John Ruskin
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Category: Classics | Series: Little Black Classics
'You shall have thousands of gold pieces; - thousands of thousands - millions - mountains of gold: where will you keep them?' Two of Ruskin's most powerful essays: 'Traffic' and 'The Roots of Honour'. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrat ...Show more
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