Ruskin on Venice: The Paradise of Cities

by Robert Hewison

Venice represented John Ruskin's ideal of civic society--"The Paradise of Cities," where culture, government, and faith existed in creative harmony. In this elegant and compelling book, Robert Hewison traces Ruskin's long and intricate relationship with the city. He shows how Ruskin shed his earlier Romantic vision of the city and developed a harder, clearer conception of neglected Gothic Venice through an intense study of the city's physical fabric...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300121784
• ISBN13: 9780300121780
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 3.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.2" x 10.2"