Aratra pentelici: seven lectures on the elements of sculpture / given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1870, by John Ruskin
by Ruskin, John (1819-1900)
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Orpington: George Allen, 1890. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii,283p: ill; 20cm. Contents: Lecture I. Of the divisions of arts -- Lecture II. Idolatry -- Lecture III. Imagination -- Lecture IV. Likeness -- Lecture V. Structure -- Lecture VI. The school of Athens -- Lecture VII. The relation between Michael Angelo and Tintoret. Subjects: Tintoretto 1518-1594. Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475-1564.Sculpture. Wood-engraving.genre: Illustrated.
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- Title
- Aratra pentelici: seven lectures on the elements of sculpture / given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term, 1870, by John Ruskin
- Author
- Ruskin, John (1819-1900)
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Orpington: George Allen
- Date Published
- 1890
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