Ariadne Florentina


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Ariadne Florentina


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.




The Works of John Ruskin: Love's Meinie. Proserpina


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Volume 1-35, works. Volume 36-37, letters. Volume 38 provides an extensive bibliography of Ruskin's writings and a catalogue of his drawings, with corrections to earlier volumes in George Allen's Library Edition of the Works of John Ruskin. Volume 39, general index.













The Works of John Ruskin: Val D'Arno. The schools of Florence. Mornings in Florence. The Shepherd's Tower


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Volume 1-35, works. Volume 36-37, letters. Volume 38 provides an extensive bibliography of Ruskin's writings and a catalogue of his drawings, with corrections to earlier volumes in George Allen's Library Edition of the Works of John Ruskin. Volume 39, general index.




Ariadne Florentina: Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving


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Ariadne Florentina is a collection of famed American landscape painter John Ruskin's essays on wood and metal engraving. Contents: "DEFINITION OF THE ART OF ENGRAVING LECTURE II. THE RELATION OF ENGRAVING TO OTHER ARTS IN FLORENCE LECTURE III. THE TECHNICS OF WOOD ENGRAVING LECTURE IV. THE TECHNICS OF METAL ENGRAVING LECTURE V. DESIGN IN THE GERMAN SCHOOLS OF ENGRAVING (HOLBEIN AND DÜRER) LECTURE VI. DESIGN IN THE FLORENTINE SCHOOLS OF ENGRAVING (SANDRO BOTTICELLI) APPENDIX. ARTICLE I. NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATE OF ENGRAVING IN ENGLAND II. DETACHED NOTES."




Encyclopedia Britannica


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