John Ruskin

Lectures on Landscape

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Produktbeschreibung

"Lectures on Landscape," delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871, presents John Ruskin's influential art theory and criticism concerning landscape painting. A cornerstone of 19th-century art thought, Ruskin's lectures explore the principles and techniques underpinning great landscape art. Diving into the subject of landscape itself, Ruskin examines what makes particular scenes worthy of artistic representation. This enduring work remains essential reading for anyone interested in art history, art criticism, and the practice of landscape painting. Ruskin's sharp observations and eloquent prose offer profound insights into the aesthetics of visual representation and the appreciation of nature in art. Explore Ruskin's perspective and enrich your understanding of art through this classic text. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 82g
• ISBN-13: 9781023054133
• ISBN-10: 1023054132
• Artikelnr.: 74198326

Autorenporträt

John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art expert, and general know-it-all who lived from February 8, 1819, to January 20, 1900. He wrote about a lot of different things, like architecture, mythology, birds, literature, schooling, botany, politics, and the economy. Ruskin was very interested in Viollet le Duc's work and taught it to all of his students, including William Morris. He thought Viollet le Duc's Dictionary was "the only book of any value on architecture." Ruskin used a lot of different writing styles and literary types. Besides essays and treatises, he also wrote poems, gave talks, traveled guides and manuals, letters, and even a fairy tale. He also drew and painted scenes with rocks, plants, birds, scenery, buildings, and decorations in great detail. His early writings on art were written in a very complicated style. Over time, he switched to simpler language that was meant to get his ideas across more clearly. He always stressed the links between nature, art, and society in everything he wrote. Up until the First World War, Ruskin had a huge impact on the second half of the 1800s. After a time of decline, his reputation has steadily gotten better since the 1960s, when a lot of academic studies of his work came out.