Project Gutenberg 2006-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 103 Ruskin, John 1819 1900 Ruskin, J. (John) A Joy For Ever (and Its Price in the Market) Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Chuck Greif, Paul Murray and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Joy For Ever" (and Its Price in the Market) by John Ruskin is a treatise on the political economy of art, written in the mid-19th century. The work is based on two lectures delivered in Manchester in 1857, where Ruskin reflects on the relationship between art, wealth, and societal values. He delves into the idea that true art should bring lasting joy and examines the impact of economic practices on both the creation and appreciation of art. At the start of this work, Ruskin discusses the historically changing perceptions of wealth and poverty, contrasting past philosophies that revered poverty with contemporary attitudes that honor wealth. He introduces the fundamental economic principle that a nation's labor can provide for both essential needs and artistic treasures, advocating for a balanced respect for both beauty and utility. Ruskin emphasizes the importance of ethical governance in the application of labor, urging readers to recognize the responsibility that comes with wealth and to understand how political economy can shape societal values toward art. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Art N Text Art Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 422749 422750 2024-11-08T15:28:34.352285 2023-09-09T06:23:57.596978 text/html text/html 416931 2006-11-30T17:22:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 142536 2006-11-30T17:22:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 234902 2024-11-08T15:28:45.737275 application/epub+zip 238328 2024-11-08T15:28:38.893272 application/epub+zip 217585 2024-11-08T15:28:37.039298 application/epub+zip 482551 2024-11-08T15:28:50.328209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424638 2024-11-08T15:28:44.088239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 392267 2022-09-09T12:11:53.299376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349439 349343 2024-11-08T15:28:33.106341 2023-09-09T06:23:56.552962 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 349273 2006-11-30T17:22:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 131853 2006-11-30T17:22:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 349279 2006-11-30T17:22:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 131804 2006-11-30T17:22:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21430 2024-11-08T15:28:50.502208 application/rdf+xml 17811 2024-11-08T15:28:37.626414 image/jpeg 3968 2024-11-08T15:28:37.331296 image/jpeg 221769 2024-11-08T15:28:34.386403 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia