- Creator:
- Hewison, Robert, 1943-
- Title:
- Ruskin on Venice : "the paradise of cities" / Robert Hewison.
- Published / Created:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 459 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Collection:
- Reference Library
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents:
- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Ruskin, the novice 1819-1836 -- Ch. 2. Turner's Venice, 1837-1841 -- Ch. 3. Past and present : Scott, Hugo and Carlyle, 1841-1844 -- Ch. 4. 1845 -- Ch. 5. "Restorer and revolutionist" : the politics of the Gothic revival, 1846-1849 -- Ch. 6. "A happy sojourn" : measuring the stones, 1849-50 -- Ch. 7. "Moral lessons derivable" : writing the stones, 1850-1853 -- Ch. 8. "A continual gospel" : reading the stones -- Ch. 9. Venetian painters : "the Queen of Sheba crash," 1853-1860 -- Ch. 10. "St George's war" : 1860-1872 -- Ch. 11. "The dream of St Ursula" : 1872-Christmas 1876 -- Ch. 12. Saving St Mark's : January 1877-October 1888 -- Conclusion. The paradise of cities.
- Subject Terms:
- 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.