The works of John Ruskin v. 26 Deucalion

The influence of John Ruskin (1819-1900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and was the main influence behind 'Gothic revival' architecture. As a social critic, he argued for the improvement of the condition of the poor, and against the increasing mechanisation of work infactories, which he believed was dull and soul-destroying. The thirty-nine volumes of the Library Edition of his works, published between 1903 and 1912, are themselves a remarkable achievement, in which his books and essays - almost all highly illustrated - are given a biographical and critical context in extended introductory essays and in the 'Minor Ruskiniana' - extracts from letters, articles and reminiscences both by and about Ruskin. This twenty-sixth volume contains Ruskin's writings on geology, including Deucalion. INDICE: Introduction; 1. On the forms of the stratified Alps of Savoy; 2. Notes on the shape and structure of some parts of the Alps; 3. On banded and brecciated concretions; 4. Deucalion; 5. On the distinctions of form in silica;6. Catalogues of minerals; Appendix; Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-108-00874-7
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 736
• Fecha Publicación: 18/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés