Giotto And His Works In Padua: Being An Explanatory Notice Of The Series Of Woodcuts Executed For The Arundel Society After The Frescoes In The Arena Chapel
by Ruskin, John
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- Hardcover
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- VG. edge-wear to covers & spine ends & spine ridges. corners rubbed. scratches & scuffs to covers. cover flyleaf & title pg has
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- 0893414603
- ISBN 13
- 9780893414603
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Boston, Massachusetts: Longwood Press, 1977. Hardcover. VG. edge-wear to covers & spine ends & spine ridges. corners rubbed. scratches & scuffs to covers. cover flyleaf & title pg has spot of soiling to upper corner. pgs free of marginalia/notations.. navy boards w/ gilt design & gilt spine printing. 124 pgs. The Arena Chapel in Padua was completed in 1303; Giotto, then considered the preeminent painter in Italy, was commissioned to paint it in 1306. Ruskin's ekphrastic writing became a way for readers to approach the experience of looking at great art without actually seeing it in person. Despite having written about Giotto on numerous occasions in Stones of Venice and Modern Painters, he never treated the Arena Chapel in its own right. Here Ruskin examines the panels and brings them life, describing their many hidden details, all the result of Giotto's unrivaled genius. As Ruskin says, "Giotto was...one of the greatest men who ever lived." Long out of print, the Arundel Society first published Giotto and His Works in Padua between 1853 and 1860. It stands as Ruskin's most compelling set of reflections on Giotto's masterpiece—an artwork that, in Ruskin's estimation, changed the very course of art history. Originally accompanied by a set of black and white woodcuts of the panels in the Chapel, this new edition presents each panel in vivid color photography, adding a useful visual aid to Ruskin's lyrical descriptions. The result is a book that serves not only as an introduction for students of art history, but also as a discussion of what it means to be a great artist, by one of most influential writers ever to tackle visual art.--Amazon.
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- Title
- Giotto And His Works In Padua: Being An Explanatory Notice Of The Series Of Woodcuts Executed For The Arundel Society After The Frescoes In The Arena Chapel
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG. edge-wear to covers & spine ends & spine ridges. corners rubbed. scratches & scuffs to covers. cover flyleaf & title pg has
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0893414603
- ISBN 13
- 9780893414603
- Publisher
- Longwood Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- giotto; john ruskin; padua chapel ; giotto, john ruskin, padua chapel ; ;
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