Praeterita is one of the most remarkable autobiographies of the 19th century. Written by Ruskin in the 1880s between attacks of brain fever, it gives a fascinating account of his upbringing in a severely respectable Victorian household, his Continental travels, his friends and relations, and the development and refinement of his aesthetic tastes.

Praeterita: The Autobiography of John Ruskin (Oxford Letters & Memoirs)

Biographies & Memoirs

John, Ruskin

Arts & Literature

Oxford University Press

Ruskin in Italy: Letters to his Parents 1845

Literature & Fiction

Clarendon Press

The Complete Works of John Ruskin: Vol. 11-12; Elements of Drawing and Perspective; The Two Paths; Unto This Last; Munera Pulveris; Sesame and Lilies; Ethics of the Dust (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Complete Works of John Ruskin: Vol. 11-12; Elements of Drawing and Perspective; The Two Paths; Unto This Last; Munera Pulveris; Sesame and Lilies; Ethics of the DustIii. In later years, the indulgence of using the color should only be granted as a reward, after it has shown care and.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Arts & Photography

Painting

Forgotten Books

The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections From His Writings (Classic Reprint)

Essays & Correspondence

Excerpt from Letters of John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, Vol. 1 of 2The method to be adopted in editing these letters was not altogether easy to de termine. They might be strung together on a consecutive narrative of Ruskin's life; to this there was the objection that already two excellent biographies existed: one the long and authoritative Life by Mr. W. G. Col lingwood, the other the brief, sympathetic Memoir by Mr. Frederic Harrison.They might be largely illustrated by pas sages from his other writings bearing upon the topics touched upon, and by full accounts of matters merely referred to in them, but this would have been to insert a disproportionate amount of editorial matter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Letters of John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

History

World

Excerpt from St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice, Written for the Help of the Few Travellers Who Still Care for Her Monuments; Parts I. And II Great nations Write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others but of the three, the only quite trustworthy one is the last. The acts of a nation may be triumphant by its good fortune and its words mighty by the genius of a few of its children': but its art, only by the general gifts and common sympathies of the race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

St. Mark's Rest: The History of Venice, Written for the Help of the Few Travellers Who Still Care for Her Monuments; Parts I. And II (Classic Reprint)

Religion & Spirituality

Fors Clavigera, Vol. 1 of 8: Letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Theomagia, or the Temple of Wisdome: In Three Parts, Spiritual, Celestial, and Elemental About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

New Age & Spirituality

Excerpt from Letters of John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, Vol. 2 of 2Please send me a line to post office Lugano, saying how long you stay, and I will do my best to come as soon as I can, if your sum mer means not quite into the hot months.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Letters of John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures by John Ruskin, LL. D.; 1. Of Kings'' Treasuries, 2. Of Queens'' Gardens, 3. Of the Mystery of Life (Classic Reprint)

Self-Help

Motivational

”It is in Venice, and in Venice only, that effectual blows can be struck at this pestilent art of the Renaissance. Destroy its claims to admiration there, and it can assert them nowhere else.” This was Ruskin's war cry as he entered the now almost forgotten Battle of the Styles on the side against ”the school which has conducted men's inventive and constructional faculties from the Grand Canal to Gower Street.”But first the reader must know the difference between right and wrong; he must find out for himself the best way of doing everything. ”I shall give him stones, and bricks and straw, chisels and trowels and the ground, and then ask him to build, only helping him if I find him puzzled.”Unhappily, both these exciting objectives were attained only after the expenditure of nearly half-a-million words; glorious words, but too many. For fifty years, The Stones of Venice was read by all who went there and thousands who could not; the sightseers whom the city captivates today seldom have its greatest guidebook with them.It is the aim of this new edition to put a fascinating book within reach of travelersactive or armchairwith limited resources of time. Much that was superfluous has been omitted; what remains is the essence of a now very readable and portable book. It is a book for the lover of architecture, the lover of Venice, the lover of lost causes, and, perhaps above all, for the lover of fine writing.

The Stones of Venice

Da Capo Press

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