The Stones Of Venice [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 030681286X ISBN 13: 9780306812866

Casa editrice: Da Capo Press, 2003

Riassunto

John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice . This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvellously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am here, it is a Paradise of Cities."

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John Ruskin wrote over forty volumes of art and architecture criticism during the nineteenth century. J. G. Links is the author of Venice for Pleasure.

Product Description:

"For the lover of Venice...but above all for the lover of fine writing."J. G. Links. John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice . This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am here, it is a Paradise of Cities."

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• Editore: Da Capo Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 030681286X
• ISBN 13: 9780306812866
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 265
• Redattore: Links J. G.