Ruskin: 137 books

The title of this book,—or, more accurately, of its subject;—for no author was ever less likely than I have lately become, to hope for perennial pleasure to his readers from what has cost himself the most pains,—will be, perhaps, recognised by some as the last clause of the line chosen from...

In the three volumes of The Stones of Venice (1851-1853) Ruskin championed the Gothic style of architecture. “Written for the Help of the Few Travellers Who Still Care for Her Monuments,” this 1877 volume, intended as a sequel, continues the influential critic’s love affair with one of the world’s most beautiful cities.

In this 1859 publication, Ruskin sets forth the fundamental rules of perspective in a short mathematical form. Written not for a select few, the book conveys complex information in a way that art students at many levels will understand. A classic that is still relevant today.

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This 1867 volume contains twenty-five letters written by Ruskin to Mr. Thomas Dixon, a working cork-cutter of Sunderland, on the occasion of debates over Parliamentary reform in the area of workers' rights.

Since he was a young boy, Ruskin Bond has made friends easily. And some of the most rewarding and lasting friendships he has known have been with animals, birds and plants—big and small; outgoing and shy. This collection focuses on these companions and brings together his finest essays and stories,...

  PRÉFACE DU TRADUCTEUR     I: AVANT-PROPOS     II : NOTRE-DAME D’AMIENS     III : JOHN RUSKIN     IV : P.-S.     LA BIBLE D’AMIENS     PRÉFACE     CHAPITRE PREMIER...

‘There is nothing to keep me here, Only these mountains of silence And the gentle reserve of shepherds and woodmen Who know me as one who Walks among trees.’   One of India’s finest and most popular writers, Ruskin Bond is loved as much for the lyricism...

Published in 1859, this volume contains Ruskin's lectures on art and its application to decoration and manufacture, in which he seeks to bridge the gap between aesthetic theory and practical application in daily economic life. He also explores his theory that contented individuals create good art, while corrupt people’s art is inherently second-rate.

Subtitled “Being Simple Studies on Christian Art for English Travellers,” Ruskin uses this 1877 work to advise pilgrims to Italy on what works of art to see during a limited time. His casual stroll conducts readers through the gates and basilicas of the city to ponder the genius of Giotto, Ghirlandajo, Boticelli, and others.

Since the first dominion of men was asserted over the ocean, three thrones, of mark beyond all others, have been set upon its sands: the thrones of Tyre, Venice, and England. Of the First of these great powers only the memory remains; of the Second, the ruin; the Third, which inherits their greatness,...

The decay of the city of Venice is, in many respects, like that of an outwearied and aged human frame; the cause of its decrepitude is indeed at the heart, but the outward appearances of it are first at the extremities. In the centre of the city there are still places where some evidence of vitality...

Firenze nelle descrizioni degli intellettuali che più l'hanno amata / Florence described by the writers most fond of her. Nelle parole di / In the words of Andersen, Cooper, Dickens, Dumas, Eustace, Freud, Goncourt, Hazlitt, James, Le Corbusier, Mommsen, Morgan, Ruskin, Shelley, Stendhal, Trollope e Twain.

John Ruskin was a highly principled man who lived and died by his views on the evil of Capital and machinery. These lectures make interesting reading, unorthodox and brave, especially considering who he was addressing each time.