"The Two Paths - Love's Meinie"; "Mornings in Florence"; "Time and Tide", by John Ruskin, illustrated by the author, published by Lovell and Coryell, New York, undated (1890).

Hard cover, original publisher's cloth [some wear and soiling: see photos]; 5.1/4" x 7.1/2"; 432 pages and c.40 illustrations + 419 pages [850+ pages]; a few page corner folds, a little wear and soiling, very good condition.

Contents:

I: The Two Paths: Being Lectures on Art and Its Application to Decoration and Manufacture Delivered in 1858-59

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 fine and noble art, while corrupt and despondent individuals-working within an unjust society and relying on the tools of the machine age-produce inferior art. Ruskin's essays anticipate and complement theoretical approaches by critics such as Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and Max Horkheimer.

II: "Love's Meinie": Lectures on English and Greek Birds as the Subjects of Fine Art.

III: The Relation Between Michelangelo and Tintoretto, Course of Lectures on Sculpture, Delivered at Oxford, 1870-71

IV: "Val D'Arno". Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art, Oxford 1873.

V: "Pleasures of England", lectures at Oxford- The Pleasures of Learning. The Pleasures of Deed.

VI: "Mornings in Florence- Being Simple Studies of Christian Art for English Travelers" [Originally published in 1881] Details the author's travels in Italy to view Christian art and architecture. Contents include Santa Croce - The Golden Gate - Before The Soldan - The Vaulted Book - The Strait Gate - The Shepherd's Tower.

VII: "Time and Tide" by Weare and Tyne
VIII: Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work.

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolorist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist.

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