The Works of John Ruskin by John Ruskin, Edward Tyas Cook, Al... - 9781108008549

The Works of John RuskinAuthor(s): John Ruskin, Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Wedderburn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108008549, 978-1108008549\nSynopsis\nThe influence of John Ruskin [tel], 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'.