Ruskin on Venice
Subtitle: "the paradise of cities"
By: Robert Hewison.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300121780
Subjects: Ruskin, John, -- 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Venice (Italy); Art -- Italy -- Venice; Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography; Art critics -- Great Britain -- Biography; Venice (Italy) -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ch. 1. Ruskin, the novice 1819-1836; title: Ch. 2. Turner's Venice, 1837-1841; title: Ch. 3. Past and present : Scott, Hugo and Carlyle, 1841-1844; title: Ch. 4. 1845; title: Ch. 5. "Restorer and revolutionist" : the politics of the Gothic revival, 1846-1849; title: Ch. 6. "A happy sojourn" : measuring the stones, 1849-50; title: Ch. 7. "Moral lessons derivable" : writing the stones, 1850-1853; title: Ch. 8. "A continual gospel" : reading the stones; title: Ch. 9. Venetian painters : "the Queen of Sheba crash," 1853-1860; title: Ch. 10. "St George's war" : 1860-1872; title: Ch. 11. "The dream of St Ursula" : 1872-Christmas 1876; title: Ch. 12. Saving St Mark's : January 1877-October 1888; title: Conclusion. The paradise of cities.