All Great Art is Praise: Art and Religion in John Ruskin

Synopsis

After A Long Period Of Comparative Neglect, John Ruskin Began To Attract, From The 1960s Onward, A Remarkable Degree Of Critical Interest. Although The Formidably Ample Library Edition Of Ruskin's Works Will Always Constitute The Primary Basis For Interpretation, Source Material Is Newly Available In The Form Of Letters And (in Part) Diaries, As Well As Through A Scintillating Body Of Modern Comment To Which All Great Art Is Praise Seeks To Contribute--jacket. Paradise And Madness: John Ruskin's Life -- Turner And Truth: Modern Painters I -- Beauty And The Imagination: Modern Painters Ii -- The Seven Lamps Of Architecture -- Pre-raphaelitism And The Edinburgh Lectures -- Building Blocks: The Stones Of Venice I -- Byzantium And The Goths: The Stones Of Venice Ii -- The Trouble With The Renaissance: The Stones Of Venice Iii -- Return To Venice -- The Varieties Of Art: Modern Painters Iii -- Depicting The Cosmos: Modern Painters Iv -- The Rose And The Worm: Modern Painters V -- The Political Economy Of Art And Other Critical Matters -- University With A Difference: The Oxford Lectures -- From Tuscany To The Somme -- Back To England Again -- Conclusion: Final Public Letters, Last Look At A Life. Aidan Nichols, Op. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.