Sesame and Lillies: Three LecturesCosimo, Inc., 01/10/2006 - 192 من الصفحات As a vocal critic of art on the whole, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) was a profoundly influential voice upon European painting, architecture, aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. This 1865 collection of three lectures-"Of Kings' Treasures," "Of Queens' Gardens," and "Of the Mysteries of Life"-offers an intimate look at his thoughts on culture and humanity's nurturing of its own education. He discusses: . the importance of "valuable books" . the nature of "a civilized country" . the necessity of educating women . advice for living a plain but noble life . and more. Students of art history will in particular find this an enlightening read. |
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... seem to me right , and likely to be of permanent use . In doing so I shall omit much , but not attempt to mend what I think worth reprint- ing . A young man necessarily writes otherwise than an old one , and it would be worse than ...
... seem to me right , and likely to be of permanent use . In doing so I shall omit much , but not attempt to mend what I think worth reprint- ing . A young man necessarily writes otherwise than an old one , and it would be worse than ...
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... seem to me worth preserving , so as to keep the volumes , on an average , composed of about a hundred leaves each . III . The first book of which a new edition is re- quired chances to be " Sesame and Lilies , " from which I now detach ...
... seem to me worth preserving , so as to keep the volumes , on an average , composed of about a hundred leaves each . III . The first book of which a new edition is re- quired chances to be " Sesame and Lilies , " from which I now detach ...
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... seems to me accurately and energetically said , there is scarcely any- thing put in a form to be generally convincing , or even easily intelligible : and I can well imagine a reader laying down the book without being at all moved by it ...
... seems to me accurately and energetically said , there is scarcely any- thing put in a form to be generally convincing , or even easily intelligible : and I can well imagine a reader laying down the book without being at all moved by it ...
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... seems to me , that you , with all your pretty dresses , and dainty looks , and kindly thoughts , and saintly aspirations , are not one whit more thought of or loved by the great Maker and Master than any poor little red , black , or ...
... seems to me , that you , with all your pretty dresses , and dainty looks , and kindly thoughts , and saintly aspirations , are not one whit more thought of or loved by the great Maker and Master than any poor little red , black , or ...
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... seem to be merely forms of whole- some trial or discipline . Your fingers tingle when you go out on a frosty morning , and are all the warmer afterwards ; your limbs are weary with whole- some work , and lie down in the pleasanter rest ...
... seem to be merely forms of whole- some trial or discipline . Your fingers tingle when you go out on a frosty morning , and are all the warmer afterwards ; your limbs are weary with whole- some work , and lie down in the pleasanter rest ...
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