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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453703603321

Autore

Hewison Rober <1943->

Titolo

John Ruskin / / Robert Hewison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-19-155006-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

Very Interesting People

Disciplina

828/.809

Soggetti

Authors, English - 19th century

Art critics - Great Britain

Social reformers - Great Britain

Critics - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Childhood and education; 2 Art, architecture, and marriage; 3 Critic of contemporary art; 4 Public education and personal tragedy; 5 Oxford and Brantwood; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...  From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time.  Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. -