John Ruskin

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  • Bibliography:
    38 Books
  • First Book:
    July 1968
  • Latest Book:
    August 2014
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Book List in Order: 38 titles

  • Unto This Last

    Originally published in "Cornhill" magazine, "Unto This Last" is a series of four essays on the politics of economics. Considered by Ruskin as one of his most important works, "Unto This Last" argues that economics, art and sc...

  • Ruskin, the Selected Prose of

  • The Two Paths

    In The Two Paths, Ruskin connects his theories of art with economic and practical life. The central theme of Ruskin's theories of art was that contented individuals-working within a just society and striving to capture the essence of nature-produce f...

  • Hortus Inclusus

    I got to-day your lovely letter of the 6th, but I never knew my Susie could be such a naughty little girl before; to burn her pretty story instead of sending it to me. It would have come to me so exactly in the right place here, where St. Francis mad...

  • Love'S Meinie

    1. Among the more splendid pictures in the Exhibition of the Old Masters, this year, you cannot but remember the Vandyke portraits of the two sons of the Duke of Lennox. I think you cannot but remember it, because it would be difficult to find, even ...

  • The Lamp of Memory

    John Ruskin overturned Victorian society’s ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for their deep, mystical links with the past and that creative design is essential " not for financial gain, but to comm...

  • Mornings in Florence

    If there is one artist, more than another, whose work it is desirable that you should examine in Florence, supposing that you care for old art at all, it is Giotto. You can, indeed, also see work of his at Assisi; but it is not likely you will stop t...

  • A Joy for Ever - And Its Price in the Market

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • Sesame and Lilies

    First published in 1865, Ruskin’s two lectures on educational reform codify Victorian ideals of men and women.  In “Of Kings’ Treasuries,” Ruskin critiques contemporary manhood, while in “Of Queens’ Gardens,” he urges women to be e...



  • On The Old Road. A Collection Of Miscellaneous Essays, Pamphlets, Etc., Published 1834-1885.

    Title: On the Old Road. A collection of miscellaneous Essays, Pamphlets, &c., &c., published 1834-1885.

    Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

    The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is o...

  • The Crown of Wild Olive

    My Friends, -I have not come among you to-night to endeavour to give you an entertaining lecture; but to tell you a few plain facts, and ask you some plain, but necessary questions. I have seen and known too much of the struggle for life among our la...

  • Stones of Venice

    " ...]commencement from that of another of her noblest and wisest children, the Doge Tomaso Mocenigo, who expired five years later. The reign of Foscari followed, gloomy with pestilence and war; a war in which large acquisitions of territory were mad...

  • The Seven Lamps of Architecture

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  • Ariadne Florentina

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  • The Eagle's Nest

    . The Lectures I have given hitherto, though, in the matter of them conscientiously addressed to my undergraduate pupils, yet were greatly modified in method by my feeling that this undergraduate class, to which I wished to speak, was indeed a somewh...

  • Frondes Agrestes

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

  • Giotto and His Works in Padua

    Description Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain.org.uk This book ...

  • The Harbours of England

    Of all things, living or lifeless, upon this strange earth, there is but one which, having reached the mid-term of appointed human endurance on it, I still regard with unmitigated amazement. I know, indeed, that all around me is wonderful-but I canno...

  • Lectures on Landscape

    In my inaugural lecture, I stated that while holding this professorship I should direct you, in your practical exercises, chiefly to natural history and landscape. And having in the course of the past year laid the foundational elements of art suffic...



  • Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne

    This 1867 volume contains twenty-five letters written by Ruskin to Mr. Thomas Dixon, a working cork-cutter of Sunderland, on the occasion of debates over Parliamentary reform in the area of workers' rights....

  • The Complete Works of John Ruskin Volume VIII

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  • The Stones of Venice Volume II

    This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....

  • The Story of Venice Volume II

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  • Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures On The Elements Of Sculpture

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    Excerpt: ...at resemblance, ) you have there a perfect example of the Greek ideal of method in sculpture. And you will admit that, to the simplest person whom we could introduce as a critic, that fish would be a satisfactory, nay, almost a deceptive,...

  • Deucalion; King Of The Golden River; Dame Wiggins Of Lee; The Eagle's Nest

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  • The Elements of Drawing

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    John Ruskin shaped generations of artists, art critics and historians' understanding of how art works. He was the preeminent critic of his time, and a fine artist in his own right. In The Elements of Drawing, Ruskin explains how to draw and how to lo...

  • Essays, English And American

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  • Ethics of the Dust

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    Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.TO THE REAL LITTLE HOUSEWIVES, WHOSE GENTLE LISTENING AND THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONING ENABLED THE WRITER TO WRITE THIS BOOK, IT IS DEDICATED WITH HIS LOVE....

  • Lectures on Architecture and Painting

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    John Ruskin (1819-1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Ru...



  • The Pleasures of England

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  • Proserpina

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  • Queen Of The Air Being A Study Of The Greek Myths Of Cloud And Storm

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    The English social thinker John Ruskin's famous trilogy of lectures on the subject of Greek myths of 'Cloud and Storm': Athena Chalinitis (Athena in the Heavens), Athena Keramitis (Athena in the Earth) and Athena Ergane (Athena in the Heart)....

  • Selections From The Works Of John Ruskin

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  • The Storm Cloud Of The Nineteenth Century

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  • Val D'arno

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    . On this day, of this month, the 20th of October, six hundred and twenty-three years ago, the merchants and tradesmen of Florence met before the church of Santa Croce; marched through the city to the palace of their Podesta; deposed their Podesta; s...

  • The Works Of John Ruskin, Honorary Student Of Christ Church, Oxford, Volume 3

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  • Dame Wiggins of Lee and Her Seven Wonderful Cats

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    Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats: a humorous tale written principally by a lady of ninety. John Ruskin's classic fable of a 'Cat lady' whose cats are particularly talented. This edition has been produced exclusively as a fundraiser f...

  • The King of the Golden River, Or, The Black Brothers

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    For over one hundred fifty years, people of all ages have enjoyed this happy tale. Written at a time when children's books were more lectures than adventures, and their creators more scolds than skjalds, the book was an immediate success. It remains ...

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John Ruskin has published 38 books.

John Ruskin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Story of Venice Volume II, was published in August 2014.

The first book by John Ruskin, Unto This Last, was published in July 1968.

No. John Ruskin does not write books in series.
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