Title: The role of Venetian Renaissance painting in John Ruskin's utopian theories : a sociopolitical history of art /
Authors: McKeown, William.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Ruskin, John; Ruskin, John, Criticism and interpretation.; Ruskin, John, analys och tolkning.; Ruskin, John,; Ruskin, John.; Renaissance; Malerei; Rezeption; Art in literature.; Renaissance in literature.; Konst i litteraturen.; Art in literature.; Renaissance in literature.; Malerei.; Rezeption.; Venedig; Venedig.
Contents: Introduction -- Ruskin and the critical reception of Venetian painting in British culture, 1651-1852 -- Solomonic imagery and the virtue of justice in Venetian art and Ruskin's political writings -- Ruskin's concepts of kingship and Venetian depictions of Doges -- Ruskin, St. George's Guild, and confraternity paintings in Renaissance Venice -- Virgin martyrs and the Virgin Mary : Ruskin and the feminine ideal in Venetian Renaissance painting.