T�tulo: John Ruskin : An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing His Passions, His Delusions and His Prophecies
Editor: Lund Humphries Publishers, Limited
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2019
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 1848223749
ISBN 13: 9781848223745
Encuadernaci�n: Encuadernaci�n de tapa dura
Estado: Good

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From Aesthete to Ziffern, Baby-Language to Verbosity, Badgers to Railway Stations: this gloriously serendipitous dictionary presents the life, times and strong opinions of John Ruskin (1819-1900) - art critic, patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker and philanthropist.

Michael Glover's delightful A-Z distills the essence of Ruskin, revealing a lighter side to the man known for his 39 volumes of ponderous prose. When off his guard, Ruskin could write pithily and amusingly, but he was also a fascinating amalgam of self-contradictions. Combining judiciously selected extracts from Ruskin's writings with the author's wittily insightful interpretations, this book is essential reading for all those curious to know what Ruskin did with a cyanometer, why he hated iron railings and the Renaissance, and how Proust's admiration of the man was tinged with distrust.

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Michael Glover is a poet and the visual arts critic and senior feature writer for the Independent. He is also the poetry editor of the Tablet. As an arts journalist, he has been a regular contributor to The Times, the Financial {::}Times, the New Statesman and The Economist and a London correspondent for ArtNews, New York. Recent publications include Neo Rauch in the Lund Humphries Contemporary Painters Series.

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