RUSKIN, John.
The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm.
London: George Allen, 1903.
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"Use Greek art as a first, not a final, teacher": John Ruskin's The Queen of the Air
Finely bound example of Ruskin's classic work on Greek mythology. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in. In very good condition with sunning to the spine and light rubbing.
The leading English art critic of the Victorian era, John Ruskin wrote on a variety of subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. Ruskin first came to widespread attention with the first volume of Modern Painters (1843), an extended essay in defense of the work of J. M. W. Turner in which he argued that the principal role of the artist is "truth to nature." From the 1850s, he championed the Pre-Raphaelites, who were influenced by his ideas and theories.
The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm.
$400.00
In Stock
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