1989, ISBN: 0773722823

[SC: 35.92], [PU: Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989], Jacket, Ruskin, John, 1818-1900. The stones of Venice. Edited and introduced by Jan Morris. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989, 239pp., ve… More...

[SC: 35.92], [PU: Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989], Jacket, Ruskin, John, 1818-1900. The stones of Venice. Edited and introduced by Jan Morris. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989, 239pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear, cover price $34.95, very good tall gray hardcover, attractive copy with only slight wear, gift inscription over five lines on front endpaper. One-volume edition, selected by Jan Morris. - John Ruskin, the most influential Victorian art critic, was always fascinated by the melancholy beauty of Venice. During his fourth visit to the city, in1849, he began work on the first volume of what was to become his masterpiece: The Stones of Venice. In some of the most splendid prose of the nineteenth century he describes and explains the three main styles of Venetian architecture - Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance - providing not only an unsurpassed analysis of the flowering of Southern Gothic, but a wonderful guide to the sea-city. Having read the original 450,000-word edition, Henry James wrote in 1882: ‘Among die many strange filings that have befallen Venice, she has had the good fortune to become the object of a passion to a man of splendid genius, who has made her his own and in doing so has made her the world’s. There is no better reading at Venice. than Ruskin.’ This sumptuous one-volume edition has been edited by Jan Morris whose own knowledge of Venice and its empire is unrivalled today. In her perceptive introduction she describes Venice as it was when Ruskin first saw it, his developing views of the city and its art, the writing and publication of The Stones of Venice, and its impact on the world. In doing so she offers many valuable insights into Ruskin’s thought. Ruskin illustrated most of the important buildings of Venice in delicate and evocative watercolours. Many of these are reproduced in this volume, together with his original plates and many of his meticulous drawings. But throughout his writings Ruskin railed against the impossibility of painting everything he wanted to show his readers. In this sensitively designed new edition of his great book, superb colour and monochrome photographs show what he could not. 9780773722828 ISBN 0773722823<

1989, ISBN: 0773722823

[SC: 35.11], [PU: Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989], Jacket, Ruskin, John, 1818-1900. The stones of Venice. Edited and introduced by Jan Morris. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989, 239pp., ve… More...

[SC: 35.11], [PU: Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989], Jacket, Ruskin, John, 1818-1900. The stones of Venice. Edited and introduced by Jan Morris. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989, 239pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear, cover price $34.95, very good tall gray hardcover, attractive copy with only slight wear, gift inscription over five lines on front endpaper. One-volume edition, selected by Jan Morris. - John Ruskin, the most influential Victorian art critic, was always fascinated by the melancholy beauty of Venice. During his fourth visit to the city, in1849, he began work on the first volume of what was to become his masterpiece: The Stones of Venice. In some of the most splendid prose of the nineteenth century he describes and explains the three main styles of Venetian architecture - Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance - providing not only an unsurpassed analysis of the flowering of Southern Gothic, but a wonderful guide to the sea-city. Having read the original 450,000-word edition, Henry James wrote in 1882: ‘Among die many strange filings that have befallen Venice, she has had the good fortune to become the object of a passion to a man of splendid genius, who has made her his own and in doing so has made her the world’s. There is no better reading at Venice. than Ruskin.’ This sumptuous one-volume edition has been edited by Jan Morris whose own knowledge of Venice and its empire is unrivalled today. In her perceptive introduction she describes Venice as it was when Ruskin first saw it, his developing views of the city and its art, the writing and publication of The Stones of Venice, and its impact on the world. In doing so she offers many valuable insights into Ruskin’s thought. Ruskin illustrated most of the important buildings of Venice in delicate and evocative watercolours. Many of these are reproduced in this volume, together with his original plates and many of his meticulous drawings. But throughout his writings Ruskin railed against the impossibility of painting everything he wanted to show his readers. In this sensitively designed new edition of his great book, superb colour and monochrome photographs show what he could not. 9780773722828 ISBN 0773722823<

1989, ISBN: 0773722823

[SC: 26.2], [PU: Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989], Jacket, Ruskin, John, 1818-1900. The stones of Venice. Edited and introduced by Jan Morris. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989, 239pp., ver… More...

[SC: 26.2], [PU: Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989], Jacket, Ruskin, John, 1818-1900. The stones of Venice. Edited and introduced by Jan Morris. Toronto, Canada: Stoddart, 1989, 239pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear, cover price $34.95, very good tall gray hardcover, attractive copy with only slight wear, gift inscription over five lines on front endpaper. One-volume edition, selected by Jan Morris. - John Ruskin, the most influential Victorian art critic, was always fascinated by the melancholy beauty of Venice. During his fourth visit to the city, in1849, he began work on the first volume of what was to become his masterpiece: The Stones of Venice. In some of the most splendid prose of the nineteenth century he describes and explains the three main styles of Venetian architecture - Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance - providing not only an unsurpassed analysis of the flowering of Southern Gothic, but a wonderful guide to the sea-city. Having read the original 450,000-word edition, Henry James wrote in 1882: ‘Among die many strange filings that have befallen Venice, she has had the good fortune to become the object of a passion to a man of splendid genius, who has made her his own and in doing so has made her the world’s. There is no better reading at Venice. than Ruskin.’ This sumptuous one-volume edition has been edited by Jan Morris whose own knowledge of Venice and its empire is unrivalled today. In her perceptive introduction she describes Venice as it was when Ruskin first saw it, his developing views of the city and its art, the writing and publication of The Stones of Venice, and its impact on the world. In doing so she offers many valuable insights into Ruskin’s thought. Ruskin illustrated most of the important buildings of Venice in delicate and evocative watercolours. Many of these are reproduced in this volume, together with his original plates and many of his meticulous drawings. But throughout his writings Ruskin railed against the impossibility of painting everything he wanted to show his readers. In this sensitively designed new edition of his great book, superb colour and monochrome photographs show what he could not. 9780773722828 ISBN 0773722823<