The influence of John Ruskin on the teaching of drawing in Brazil
Subtitle: how his spatial way of thinking affects architecture and painting
By: Claudio Silveira Amaral ; with a foreword by Nilson Ghirardello
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston [N.Y.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773415737
Subjects: Aesthetics; Influence; Drawing; Liceu de Artes e Ofícios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Study and teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: John Ruskin's ideas. Nature; title: Painting; title: Ruskinian architecture; title: The laws of architecture. Sacrifice; title: The truth of architecture; title: The truth of structure; title: The Ruskinian architectural aesthetic; title: The truth of materials; title: The history of Ruskinian architecture; title: John Ruskin and the teaching of drawing in Brazil; title: The Liceu de Artes e Ofícios in Rio de Janeiro / Rui Barbosa and John Ruskin.