Ruskin's Landscape of Beatitude
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Beschreibung
This analysis of Ruskin as a critic of art, architecture, economics and literature offers a comprehensive overview for the understanding of a major and prophetic Victorian figure. It augments existing readings of Ruskin's work and contains insights into Victorian culture, art criticism, the theory of criticism, and economic history.
The author places Ruskin's work in the context of his life and relates it to current critical perspective as well. He discusses Modern Painters, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, and The Stones of Venice, demonstrating how Ruskin established an esthetic standard for religious art to produce the kind of Christian humanistic culture he desired. Examination of Unto This Last focuses on Ruskin's view of capitalism while comments on other works provide background on his literary and social criticism. The basic theme of the book underlines Ruskin's under- standing of the relationship between esthetic and ethical forces in civilization.
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David Anthony Downes
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