The Works of John Ruskin [Paperback]

The ninth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (19031912) of the works of John Ruskin.This ninth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (19031912) of the works of John Ruskin contains Volume 1 of The Stones of Venice.This ninth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (19031912) of the works of John Ruskin contains Volume 1 of The Stones of Venice.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 ninth volume contains Volume 1 of The Stones of Venice.Introduction; Bibliographical note; Author's prefaces; The Stones of Venice, Vol. I: 1. The quarry; 2. The virtues of architecture; 3. The six divisions of architecture; 4. The wall base; 5. The wall veil; 6. The wall cornice; 7. The pier base; 8. The shaft; 9. The capital; 10. The arch link; 11. The arch masonry; 12. The arch load; 13. The roof; 14. The roof cornice; 15. The buttress; 16. Form of aperture; 17. Filling of aperture; 18. Protection of aperture; 19. Superimposition; 20. The material of ornament; 21. Treatment of ornament; 22. The angle; 23. The edge and fillet; 24. The roll and recess; 25. The base; 26. The wall veil and shaft; 27. The cornice and capital; 28. The archivolt and aperture; 29. The roof; 30. The vestibule; lóÑ