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Selected Writings: Modern Painters/the Stones of Venice/the Seven Lamps of Architecture/Praeterita (The Everyman Library)
Selected Writings Modern Painters/the Stones of Venice/the Seven Lamps of Architecture/Praeterita - The Everyman Library Author:John Ruskin For Ruskin (1819-1900), the scrutiny of art ensures moral, social and religious comprehension of humanity's relationship to the world. This selection draws on Modern Painters (1843 - 1860) and The Stones of Venice (1851-1853) to present Ruskin's conception of art and the edification it works on human understanding.