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 Project Gutenberg 2006-12-04 Public domain in the USA. 164 Ruskin, John 1819 1900 Ruskin, J. (John) Lectures on Landscape Delivered at Oxford in Lent Term, 1871 Reading ease score: 58.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Lectures on Landscape" by John Ruskin is a philosophical and artistic guide to the understanding of landscape painting, delivered as a series of lectures at Oxford during the early 1870s, specifically in the late Victorian era. This collection focuses on the relationship between natural scenery and human life, emphasizing the need for depth of emotion and intellectual engagement in the representation of landscapes. The work serves not only as an exploration of artistic techniques but also as a reflection on the broader implications of how landscapes can convey human experiences and emotions. In these lectures, Ruskin articulates his philosophy of landscape painting, grounding his arguments in the notion that true landscapes must relate directly to human life and sentiment. He draws on the works of famous artists like J.M.W. Turner to illustrate his points about capturing the essence of nature in connection with human experiences. Each lecture discusses different elements such as outline, light and shade, and color, stressing that the physical characteristics of nature should be depicted not for their own sake but for their implications on human existence. Through detailed analysis, Ruskin argues that the best landscapes are those that encapsulate the beauty and tragedy of human life, urging artists to elevate their work through passionate engagement with subject matter. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Landscape painting ND Text Art Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 140165 140166 2024-10-09T03:35:01.530294 2023-09-09T06:32:19.316152 text/html text/html 138628 2006-12-04T16:32:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 872703 2006-12-04T16:32:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 978503 2024-10-09T03:35:07.569329 application/epub+zip 975354 2024-10-09T03:35:03.507277 application/epub+zip 120184 2024-10-09T03:35:02.244289 application/epub+zip 1095340 2024-10-09T03:35:10.410277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1075854 2024-10-09T03:35:06.104241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211640 2022-09-09T12:24:33.555552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120168 120063 2024-10-09T03:35:01.034263 2023-09-09T06:32:18.971114 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 120141 2006-12-04T16:32:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 46425 2006-12-04T16:32:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 120155 2006-12-04T16:32:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46391 2006-12-04T16:32:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21664 2024-10-09T03:35:10.547232 application/rdf+xml 13535 2024-10-09T03:35:02.792290 image/jpeg 3625 2024-10-09T03:35:02.517276 image/jpeg 944570 2024-10-09T03:35:01.588258 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia