{"product_id":"ruskins-god-hardback-9780521574143","title":"Ruskin's God (Hardback) 9780521574143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRuskin's God\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA full-length study of the impact that John Ruskin's religion had upon his writings, first published in 1999.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Wheeler (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521574143, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 November 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e324 pages, 25 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A scholarly tour de force.' Peter Stiles, Christianity and Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this 1999 book, Michael Wheeler challenges critical orthodoxy by arguing that John Ruskin's writing is underpinned by a sustained trust in divine wisdom: a trust nurtured by his imaginative engagement with King Solomon and the temple in Jerusalem, and with the wisdom literature of the Old Testament. In Modern Painters, The Seven Lamps of Architecture and The Stones of Venice, belief in the wisdom of God the Father informed Ruskin's Evangelical natural theology and his celebration of Turner's landscape painting, while the wisdom of God the Son lay at the heart of his Christian aesthetics. Whereas 'the author of Modern Painters' sought to teach his readers how to see architecture, paintings and landscapes, the 'Victorian Solomon' whose religious life was troubled, and who created various forms of modern wisdom literature in works such as Unto this Last, The Queen of the Air and Fors Clavigera, wished to teach them how to live.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: 'To enlighten a People by your Wisdom': the divine commission\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The author of Modern Painters: 2. 'The Shechinah of the blue': in God's temple\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'The Peace of God' and a Christian theory of art\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'The Book-Temple': a Protestant beholder of St Mark's\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'True sacred art' and Christ the great high priest\u003cbr\u003e 6. Solomon's 'Christian royalty': a rite of passage in Turin\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Victorian Solomon: 7. Solomon's 'maxims concerning wealth'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Science, myth and a creative wisdom\u003cbr\u003e 9. St George, St Francis and the rule of love and wisdom\u003cbr\u003e 10. Fragments of Christendom in Venice and Amiens\u003cbr\u003e 11. The 'visible Heaven' and apocalyptic wisdom\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46066005836056,"sku":"9780521574143","price":71.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521574143i.jpg?v=1691408744","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ruskins-god-hardback-9780521574143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}