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Torch at Midnight

Robert Brownell
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      The first edition of John Ruskin's The Seven Lamps of Architectureis one of the most extraordinary books ever produced.Confronted with the task of explaining the complex andmysterious nature of medieval art, Ruskin produced a conceptvolume of Gothic art and architecture that embodied the principlesit described.In this arresting re-appraisal of Ruskin's great architecturalbooks, Robert Brownell reveals the deep, esoteric roots ofRuskin's philosophy. The Seven Lamps of Architecture and TheStones of Venice contain dark and hidden meanings in theirfabric, structure and language that remain unrecognised bymost readers. Their occult wisdom not only demonstratesRuskin's understanding of the subtle visual and intellectualbeauties of Gothic art, and the pagan cosmos on which it wasbased, but also reveals the true John Ruskin.The popular myth of Ruskin as the archetypal Victorian patriarchhas persistently clouded interpretation of his ideas,introducing spurious psycho-social motives based on a misunderstoodscandal. The Ruskin that emerges from A Torch atMidnight is quite different: heretical in religion, radical in politics,subversive in economics and relentless in the pursuit oftruth and meaning. Faced with establishment suspicion ofheresy in any sphere, he disguised his controversial ideas bydrawing on a literary tradition going back through Goethe,Spenser and Dante to ancient Greece.A Torch at Midnight explores in detail the development ofRuskin's ideas and his presentation of them in his books. Bydemonstrating the visual and intellectual beauties of truedesign, Ruskin's aim was to intrigue and fascinate his readers toenlightenment.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Brownell EAN: 9781843680772 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pallas Athene Publishers DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-11-06 CITY: GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Theory of architecture

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      Robert Brownell is the author of Marriage of Inconvenience, anaccount of Ruskin's brief marriage to Euphemia Gray, and TheContemporary Reviews of John Ruskin's The Seven Lamps ofArchitecture, a collection of reviews of Ruskin's sensational,polemic and allusive essay on architecture.
      The first edition of John Ruskin's The Seven Lamps of Architectureis one of the most extraordinary books ever produced.Confronted with the task of explaining the complex andmysterious nature of medieval art, Ruskin produced a conceptvolume of Gothic art and architecture that embodied the principlesit described.In this arresting re-appraisal of Ruskin's great architecturalbooks, Robert Brownell reveals the deep, esoteric roots ofRuskin's philosophy. The Seven Lamps of Architecture and TheStones of Venice contain dark and hidden meanings in theirfabric, structure and language that remain unrecognised bymost readers. Their occult wisdom not only demonstratesRuskin's understanding of the subtle visual and intellectualbeauties of Gothic art, and the pagan cosmos on which it wasbased, but also reveals the true John Ruskin.The popular myth of Ruskin as the archetypal Victorian patriarchhas persistently clouded interpretation of his ideas,introducing spurious psycho-social motives based on a misunderstoodscandal. The Ruskin that emerges from A Torch atMidnight is quite different: heretical in religion, radical in politics,subversive in economics and relentless in the pursuit oftruth and meaning. Faced with establishment suspicion ofheresy in any sphere, he disguised his controversial ideas bydrawing on a literary tradition going back through Goethe,Spenser and Dante to ancient Greece.A Torch at Midnight explores in detail the development ofRuskin's ideas and his presentation of them in his books. Bydemonstrating the visual and intellectual beauties of truedesign, Ruskin's aim was to intrigue and fascinate his readers toenlightenment.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Robert Brownell EAN: 9781843680772 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pallas Athene Publishers DATE PUBLISHED: 2017-11-06 CITY: GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Theory of architecture

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      Robert Brownell is the author of Marriage of Inconvenience, anaccount of Ruskin's brief marriage to Euphemia Gray, and TheContemporary Reviews of John Ruskin's The Seven Lamps ofArchitecture, a collection of reviews of Ruskin's sensational,polemic and allusive essay on architecture.

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