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A Joy for Ever, And Its Price in the Market

By: John Ruskin

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A Joy for Ever, And Its Price in the Market

By: John Ruskin

In all probability the greatest Victorian critic of art and society, John Ruskin had an enormous influence on his age and our own, and like so many Victorians of the age, he had astonishing energy. While carrying on a voluminous correspondence with the intellectual luminaries of his day, he published poetry, children's literature, and books and essays on geology, botany, church politics, political economy, painting, sculpture, literature, architecture, art education, myth, and aesthetics. A great and successful propagandist for the arts, he did much both to popularize high art and to bring it to the masses as evidenced in this volume containing two essential public addresses from 1857 on "The Discovery and Application of Art" and "The Accumulation and Distribution of Art." Included here are Ruskin's Supplementary Additional Papers: . Education in Art . Art School Notes and . Social Policy.ALSO AVAILABLE AT COSIMO CLASSICS: Ruskin's Political Economy of ArtJOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) was born in London, the only child of prosperous, self-made parents who collected art and encouraged their son's literary activities. Throughout his life, his writings on art had an immense influence on British, European, and American architecture and industrial design.Ruskin's immense body of literary works include Modern Painters, Volume I-IV (1843-1856); The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849); The Stones of Venice, a collection of essays published between 1851 and 1853; Unto This Last (1862); Munera Pulveris (1862-3); The Crown of Wild Olive (1866); Time and Tide (1867); and Fors Clavigera (1871-84).

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Cosimo, Inc.

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159605221X

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9781596052215

A Treatise on Wood Engravings: Historical and Practical

By: Henry G. Bohn,William Andrew Chatto,John Jackson

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A Treatise on Wood Engravings: Historical and Practical

By: Henry G. Bohn,William Andrew Chatto,John Jackson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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3368859129

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9783368859121

Goldsmiths

By: John F. Cherry,British Museum

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Goldsmiths

By: John F. Cherry,British Museum

Explains the connection between goldsmiths and monasteries, describes the work of goldsmiths, and looks at their materials, methods, and finished work

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University of Toronto Press

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0802077110

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9780802077110

Fighting Words

Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts

By: John Renard

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Fighting Words

Religion, Violence, and the Interpretation of Sacred Texts

By: John Renard

One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, beginning with the premise that a balanced approach to religious pluralism in our world must build on a measured, well-informed response to the increasingly publicized and sensationalized association of terrorism and large-scale violence with religion. In his introduction, Renard provides background on the major scriptures of seven religious traditionsÑJewish, Christian (including both the Old and New Testaments), Islamic, BahaÕi, Zoroastrian, Hindu, and Sikh. Eight chapters then explore the interpretation of select facets of these scriptures, focusing on those texts so often claimed, both historically and more recently, as inspiration and justification for every kind of violence, from individual assassination to mass murder. With its nuanced consideration of a complex topic, this book is not merely about the religious sanctioning of violence but also about diverse ways of reading sacred textual sources.

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Univ of California Press

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0520258312

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9780520258310

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A Joy for Ever, And Its Price in the Market

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A Treatise on Wood Engravings: Historical and Practical

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