John Ruskin

by Andrew Ballantyne

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his time. Yet his reputation has been overshadowed by his personal life, especially his failed marriage to Effie Gray, which has cast him in the history books as little more than a Victorian prude. In this book, Andrew Ballantyne rescues Ruskin from the dustbin of history's trifles to reveal a deeply attuned thinker, one whose copious writings had tremendous influence on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780234295
• ISBN13: 9781780234298
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.8"