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Klappentext The twenty-sixth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903-1912) of the works of John Ruskin. Zusammenfassung This twenty-sixth volume of the magisterial Library Edition (1903-1912) of the works of John Ruskin contains his writings on geology! including Deucalion. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
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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.
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John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art expert, and general know-it-all who lived from February 8, 1819, to January 20, 1900. He wrote about a lot of different things, like architecture, mythology, birds, literature, schooling, botany, politics, and the economy. Ruskin was very interested in Viollet le Duc's work and taught it to all of his students, including William Morris. He thought Viollet le Duc's Dictionary was "the only book of any value on architecture." Ruskin used a lot of different writing styles and literary types. Besides essays and treatises, he also wrote poems, gave talks, traveled guides and manuals, letters, and even a fairy tale. He also drew and painted scenes with rocks, plants, birds, scenery, buildings, and decorations in great detail. His early writings on art were written in a very complicated style. Over time, he switched to simpler language that was meant to get his ideas across more clearly. He always stressed the links between nature, art, and society in everything he wrote. Up until the First World War, Ruskin had a huge impact on the second half of the 1800s. After a time of decline, his reputation has steadily gotten better since the 1960s, when a lot of academic studies of his work came out.
