RUSKIN JOHN

Η ΦΥΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΓΟΤΘΙΚΟΥ ΡΥΘΜΟΥ
Η Φύση του γοτθικού ρυθμού αποτελεί μια κραυγή αγωνίας του συγγραφέα για τη σημασία της καλλιτεχνικής τεχνοτροπίας και, μαζί με αυτήν, για την απώλεια της κοινωνίας την οποία θαύμαζε τόσο πολύ. Είναι το καίριο σημείο της σκέψης του Τζον Ράσκιν, διότι κατευθύνει την έρευνα προς ριζοσπαστικά πρωτότυπες κοινωνικο-πολιτικές ιδέες. Ο Γουίλιαμ Μόρις, ο οποίος αργότερα το εξέδωσε αυτόνομα, σ' έναν υπέροχο τόμο του οίκου Kelmscott Press, το χαρακτήρισε ως "ένα από τα σπάνια κι απαραίτητα έργα που μας αφήνει ως παρακαταθήκη ο αιώνας μας". [...] Ο Ρ...
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(P/B) ON ART AND LIFE
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. (from the publisher)...
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(P/B) RUSKIN: SELECTED WRITINGS
Ruskin was the most powerful and influential critic of the nineteenth century. He wrote about nature, art, architecture, politics, history, myth, and much besides; all his work is characterized by a clarity of vision as unsettling and intense now as it was for his first readers. This new selection draws on the whole range of his astonishingly varied output, from the passionate celebration of J. M. W. Turner's painting in the first volume of Modern Painters (1843) to Praeterita (1885-9), the elegiac autobiography of his later years. The int...
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(P/B) TRAFFIC
'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 celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century Cal...
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(P/B) UNTO THIS LAST AND OTHER WRITINGS

(P/B) GIOTTO AND HIS WORKS IN PADUA
The Arena Chapel in Padua was completed in 1303; Giotto, then considered the preeminent painter in Italy, was commissioned to paint it in 1306. The resulting fresco cycle, detailing the history, birth, life, and death of Christ, ranks among the greatest artworks ever created. John Ruskin helped redefine art criticism in the nineteenth century through his attention to detail, his playful and engaging prose, and the conviction with which he discussed the subjects that mattered most to him. Ruskin's ekphrastic writing became a way for readers...
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(P/B) THE LAMP OF MEMORY
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. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and dest...
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(P/B) THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING
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 critics and theorists of all time, answers that question with a decided "Yes." He is John Ruskin, the author of this book, a classic in art education as well as a highly effective text for the student and amateur today. The work is in three parts, cast in the form of letters to a student, successively covering "First Practice...
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Ο ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΥΣΟΥ ΠΟΤΑΜΟΥ
«Ο Βασιλιάς του χρυσού ποταμού» είναι ένα εξαιρετικό παραμύθι, γραμμένο με το γοητευτικό ύφος, την αγάπη για τα ορεινά τοπία και την ασυνήθιστη καρτερία με την οποία η πένα του Τζων Ράσκιν οδηγούσε πάντα σε ηθικά συμπεράσματα. Εν τούτοις είναι πολύ διαφορετικό από τα υπόλοιπα γραπτά του. Σε όλη του τη ζωή καταγινόταν με την ερμηνεία της φύσης των ζωγραφικών πινάκων και των αρχιτεκτονικών δημιουργιών. Αν και κριτικός της τέχνης, με λεπτή αίσθηση της αρμονίας και βαθύτατη προσήλωση στην ομορφιά, ένιωθε πάντα πως είχε μιαν αποστολή και παρέμε...
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(P/B) THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE
Classic work by the great Victorian expresses his deepest convictions about the nature and role of architecture and its aesthetics. This authoritative edition includes reproductions of the 14 original plates of Ruskin's superb drawings of architectural details from such structures as the Doge's Palace in Venice to the Cathedral of Rouen. (from the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING
Ruskin's The Elements of Drawing, first published in 1857, remains one of the most sensible and useful books on how to draw and paint, both for the amateur and the professional artist. Ruskin reduces the art of drawing to its simplest elements - the making of marks, the perception of shapes and silhouettes before going on to more complex exercises and the use of colour. He emphasizes the importance of observation of natural forms, and of graduated study; and much of his method has strong links with recent methods of teaching. Bernard Dun...
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