The Works of John Ruskin

The seventh volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903–1912) of the works of John Ruskin.

John Ruskin (Author), Edward Tyas Cook (Edited by), Alexander Wedderburn (Edited by)

9781108008556, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 February 2010

676 pages, 162 b/w illus. 1 colour illus.
23 x 15.5 x 3.5 cm, 0.93 kg

The 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 seventh volume contains Volume 5 of Modern Painters.

Introduction to Vol. 7
Bibliographical note
Part I. Modern Painters Vol. V (Containing the Text of All the Editions)
Section 6. Of Leaf Beauty: 1. The earth-veil
2. The leaf-orders
3. The bud
4. The leaf
5. Leaf aspects
6. The branch
7. The stem
8. The leaf monuments
9. The leaf shadows
10. Leaves motionless
Section 7. Of Cloud Beauty: 1. The cloud-balancings
2. The cloud-flocks
3. The cloud-chariots
4. The angel of the sea
Section 8. Of Ideas of Relation - First, of Invention Formal: 1. The law of help
2. The task of the least
3. The rule of the greatest
4. The law of perfectness
Section 9. Of Ideas of Relation - Second, of Invention Spiritual: 1. The dark mirror
2. The lance of Pallas
3. The wings of the lion
4. Dürer and Salvator
5. Claude and Poussin
6. Rubens and Cuyp
7. Of vulgarity
8. Wouvermans and Angelico
9. The two boyhoods
10. The Nereid's guard
11. The Hesperid Aeglé
12. Peace
Epilogue (1888)
Part II: Appendix.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]