Ruskin on Venice : the paradise of cities / Robert Hewison
2010, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-nicked dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall. Item #457090
ISBN: 0300121784
Series; Ruskin on Venice : the paradise of cities. Physical description; xv, 460 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, photographs ; 27 cm. Contents; The approach to Venice. Ruskin, the novice -- Turner's Venice -- Past and present -- 1845 -- The stones of Venice. 'Restorer, or revolutionist' -- 'A happy sojourn' -- 'Moral lessons derivable' -- 'A continual gospel' -- St Mark's rest. Venetian painters -- 'St George's war' -- 'The dream of St Ursula' -- Saving St Mark's. Subjects; Ruskin, John (1819-1900). Art critics Great Britain Biography. Venice (Italy) Description and travel. Art Italy Venice History.
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