The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place by Hunt, John Dixon

The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789142761)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place by Hunt, John Dixon

The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place

$59.00
The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place by Hunt, John Dixon

The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place

$59.00
Format: Hardcover
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English art critic John Ruskin was one of the great visionaries of his time, and his influential books and letters on the power of art challenged the foundations of Victorian life. He loved looking. Sometimes it informed the things he wrote, but often it provided access to the many topographical and cultural topics he explored--rocks, plants, birds, Turner, Venice, the Alps. In The Art of Ruskin and the Spirit of Place, John Dixon Hunt focuses for the first time on what Ruskin drew, rather than wrote, offering a new perspective on Ruskin's visual imagination. Through analysis of more than 150 drawings and sketches, many reproduced here, he shows how Ruskin's art shaped his writings, his thoughts, and his sense of place.

Author: John Dixon Hunt
ISBN-10: 1789142768
ISBN-13: 9781789142761
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.50w x 0.90d

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Choice 11/01/2021
By John Dixon Hunt
By John Dixon Hunt
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John Dixon Hunt is professor emeritus of the history and theory of landscape at the University of Pennsylvania. His previous books include The Wider Sea: A Life of John Ruskin and The Making of Place, the latter also published by Reaktion Books.

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