Lectures on art
By: John Ruskin ; introduction by Bill Beckley.
Contributors: School of Visual Arts (New York, N.Y.)
Series: Aesthetics today
Publisher: Allworth Press; School of Visual Arts
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Art
Description: Reflecting Ruskin's belief that art is not an isolated pursuit, but one intimately connected with all aspects of human life, Lectures on Art explores the relation of art to religion, morality, and practicality as well as the significance of line, light, and color. Presented at Oxford, in 1870, Ruskin's lectures were so popular that they had to be moved to a larger hall to accommodate the hundreds who flocked to them.

A pioneer environmentalist, an important influence on Oscar Wilde and Marcel Proust, and a passionate and wide-ranging thinker, Ruskin's ideas continue to be of vital interest to art, literature, and cultural studies. This edition includes a new introduction by Bill Beckley, a biography of Ruskin, and is the first to reproduce many of the artworks mentioned by Ruskin in the lectures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Teaching art; title: Lectures on art; title: About John Ruskin.