{"product_id":"the-works-of-john-ruskin-paperback-9781108008525","title":"The Works of John Ruskin (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108008525","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Works of John Ruskin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fourth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903–1912) of the works of John Ruskin.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Ruskin (Author), Edward Tyas Cook (Edited by), Alexander Wedderburn (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108008525, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e492 pages, 14 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.5 x 3.5 cm, 0.93 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe influence of John Ruskin (1819–1900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and was the main influence behind 'Gothic revival' architecture. As a social critic, he argued for the improvement of the condition of the poor, and against the increasing mechanisation of work in factories, which he believed was dull and soul-destroying. The thirty-nine volumes of the Library Edition of his works, published between 1903 and 1912, are themselves a remarkable achievement, in which his books and essays - almost all highly illustrated - are given a biographical and critical context in extended introductory essays and in the 'Minor Ruskiniana' - extracts from letters, articles and reminiscences both by and about Ruskin. This fourth volume contains volume 2 of Modern Painters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to Vol. 4\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical note\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the re-arranged edition (1883)\u003cbr\u003e Synopsis of contents\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Modern Painters Vol. II (Containing the Text of All the Editions)\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Of the Theoretic Faculty: 1. Of the rank and relations of the theoretic faculty\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of the theoretic faculty as concerned with pleasures of sense\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of accuracy and inaccuracy in impressions of sense\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of false opinions held concerning beauty\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of typical beauty\u003cbr\u003e 6. Of unity\u003cbr\u003e 7. Of repose\u003cbr\u003e 8. Of symmetry\u003cbr\u003e 9. Of purity\u003cbr\u003e 10. Of moderation\u003cbr\u003e 11. General inferences respecting typical beauty\u003cbr\u003e 12. Of vital beauty\u003cbr\u003e 13. Of generic vital beauty\u003cbr\u003e 14. Of vital beauty in man\u003cbr\u003e 15. General conclusions respecting the theoretic faculty\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Of the Imaginative Faculty: Author's introductory note (1883)\u003cbr\u003e 1. Of the three forms of imagination\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of imagination associative\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of imagination penetrative\u003cbr\u003e 4. Of imagination contemplative\u003cbr\u003e 5. Of the superhuman ideal\u003cbr\u003e Part II: Addenda (1848)\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue (1883)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\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":46004955152664,"sku":"9781108008525","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108008525i.jpg?v=1694867404","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-works-of-john-ruskin-paperback-9781108008525","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}