The Art of England: Oxford Lectures
by John Ruskin
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The Art of England, John Ruskin: (7" x 4 1/2"). 151 pages. Hardcover, bound in brown paper with marble boards. Missing spine Paper.
John Ruskin was the first Slade Professor of Fine Art in Oxford, and gave the first series of eight public lectures in 1870. In his inaugural lecture, he announced that he was setting up the Ruskin School of Drawing, which is now the Ruskin School of Art.
Six lectures include: Lecture 1. Realistic Schools of Painting. G. Rossetti and W.Holman Hunt. Lecture 2: Mythic Schools of Painting. E. Burne-Jones and G.F. Watts, Lecture III: Classic Schools of Painting. F.Leighton and Alma Tadema. Lecture IV: Fairy Land, Mrs. Allingham and Kate Greenaway Lecture V. The Fireside. John Leech and John Tenniel. Lecture VI: The Hillside. George Robson and Copley
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- Title
- The Art of England
- Author
- John Ruskin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair-
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John W. Lovell
- Place of Publication
- NewYork
- Date Published
- 1871 est.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art
- Size
- 7" x 4 1/2"
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