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Frondes Agrestes (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Readings in Modern Painters

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By John Ruskin

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On Sale
Mar 29, 2011
Page Count
238 pages
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BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411445611

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$1.99

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$2.99 CAD

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ebook (Digital original)

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In an effort to give his friends and the public what they wanted, Ruskin republished parts of his monumental Modern Painters in this volume: a collection of selections a dear friend decided were most relevant at the time. Here are Ruskin’s “Principles of Art,” “Power and Office of Imagination,” “Education,” “Moralities,” and musings on different aspects of nature.


John Ruskin

About the Author

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was an acclaimed English poet and artist, as well as an influential critic of art and society. He wrote on topics ranging from geology and botany to politics, architecture, art, and literature. Ruskin influenced the Gothic Revival and did much to popularize high art.

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