John Ruskin and Aesthetic Thought in America, 1840-1900 / Roger B. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Roger B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics, American.

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Aesthetics.

Local Subjects:

Aesthetics, American.

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "John Ruskin and Aesthetic Thought in America, 1840-1900".

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I. THE AMERICAN SETTING

II. MODERN PAINTERS: THE FIRST AMERICAN REACTION (1847-1850)

III. THE PROBLEM OF GOTHIC (1848-1859)

IV. ART, NATURE, AND RELIGION: THE RECEPTION OF RUSKIN (1851-1861)

V. RUSKINISM IN AMERICA: THE CRAYON (1855-1861)

VI. THE RUSKINIAN AS ART HISTORIAN

VII. CIVIL WAR INTERLUDE: THE NEW PATH

VIII. RUSKIN AND THE SCIENTISTS

IX. THE ATTACK ON RUSKIN: AESTHETIC THEORY AND PRACTICE

X. THE DEFENSE OF RUSKIN: ART, MORALITY, AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX. NOTES. INDEX

APPENDIX. THE PUBLICATION OF RUSKIN'S WORKS IN THE UNITED STATES

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-43631-8

OCLC:

1024015652