The Works of John Ruskin [Paperback]

The seventh volume of the magisterial Library Edition (19031912) of the works of John Ruskin.This seventh volume of the magisterial Library Edition (19031912) of the works of John Ruskin contains Volume 5 of Modern Painters.This seventh volume of the magisterial Library Edition (19031912) of the works of John Ruskin contains Volume 5 of Modern Painters.The influence of John Ruskin (18191900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and was the main influence behind 'Gothic revival' architecture. As a social critic, he argued for the improvement of the condition of the poor, and against the increasing mechanisation of work in factories, which he believed was dull and soul-destroying. The thirty-nine volumes of the Library Edition of his works, published between 1903 and 1912, are themselves a remarkable achievement, in which his books and essays - almost all highly illustrated - are given a biographical and critical context in extended introductory essays and in the 'Minor Ruskiniana' - extracts from letters, articles and reminiscences both by and about Ruskin. This seventh volume contains Volume 5 of Modern Painters.Introduction to Vol. 7; Bibliographical note; Part I. Modern Painters Vol. V (Containing the Text of All the Editions); Section 6. Of Leaf Beauty: 1. The earth-veil; 2. The leaf-orders; 3. The bud; 4. The leaf; 5. Leaf aspects; 6. The branch; 7. The stem; 8. The leaf monuments; 9. The leaf shadows; 10. Leaves motionless; Section 7. Of Cloud Beauty: 1. The cloud-balancings; 2. The cloud-flocks; 3. The cloud-chariots; 4. The angel of the sea; Section 8. Of Ideas of Relation - First, of Invention Formal: 1. The law of help; 2. The task of the least; 3. The rule of the greatest; 4. The law of perfectness; Section 9. Of Ideas of Relation - Second, of Invention Spiritual: 1. The dark mirror; 2. The lance of Pallas; 3. The wings of the lion; 4. D?rl£6