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This edition of STONES OF VENICE is a lamentably shortened version of the original. Yet is still contains enough of that to provide a clear clue why Socialism has as powerful attraction as it does for the upper class elite as it did back in Ruskin's day.
In The Stones of Venice, John Ruskin creates a parallel between the Gothic style of architecture and the often tangled mixture of various pairs of discrete elements: the architect's mind and the social milieu, the worker's skill and the worker's trade guild, and the need for precision in stone cutting and a need not to overly focus on that precision. "The Nature of Gothic" is a chapter from that book in which he considers the current state of Gothic architecture: "I shall endeavor to give the reader in this chapter an idea...of the true nature of Gothic architecture, properly so-called; not of that of Venice only, but of universal Gothic." He intends to inform the reader just how "far Venetian architecture reached the universal or perfect type of Gothic, and how far it either fell short of it or assumed foreign and independent forms."
All buildings that are termed Gothic have an essence that Ruskin terms Gothicness, a concept whose abstractness renders a precise definition difficult. When people refer to this essence they often mention traits like gargoyles, pointed arches, and vaulted roofs. Ruskin is quick to add that it is misleading to consider them in isolation. It is further misleading when, even lumping them together, one fails to account for the spirit in which they were both planned and built.Read more ›
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You can't go two sentences without finding words erroneously mashed together without a space separating them. The kindle edition isn't worth a dollar for howannoying it isto attempt to read it withall the missingspaces. Whoever digitized this needs to get their act together.
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Ruskin was the foremost art critic of the Victorian era. This Oxonian was a gentleman of universal and unusual talents.
In 'The Stones of Venice' he reviews that fertile depository of so different cross currents of arts, the 'Serenissima Republica', which had no better exit than by sea through the Adriatic.
When Marcel Proust visited Venice, hand in book as his guide, he walked and saw through the eyes of Ruskin. You should too and your scope of art appreciation will expand towards new frontiers.
High art in Venice in particular and in Europe in general are no longer produced because the Spirit has left its carcass, which is rotting and decaying, just as Venice was by the time Ruskin walked its narrow alleys and across its street bridges. And because that Spirit has left Europe it no longer produces geniuses of the caliber of John Ruskin.
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a total dud. not even close, so abridged it should be called "the st of v" or maybe "just a few pebbles of venice." bought this as i was needing to reference two passages re: giovanni bellini. you guessed it, neither are in this version Shame on amzn for selling such utter crap with no warning. Total ripoff!
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Amazon frequently mixes reader reviews of various editions of a given classic work. Such is the case here. Be advised that if you are now veiwing the Dover 3 vol. edition of Ruskin's The Stones of Venice, it is the UNABRIDGED edition of this work. Not a single word is missing. As such, this is the ultimate edition to own.
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