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Lectures on Art, by John Ruskin
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Title: Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870
Author: John Ruskin
Release Date: September 3, 2006 [EBook #19164]
Language: English
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN
CROWN OF WILD OLIVE
TIME AND TIDE
QUEEN OF THE AIR
LECTURES ON ART AND LANDSCAPE
ARATRA PENTELICI
NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NEW YORK CHICAGO
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LECTURES ON ART.
DELIVERED
BEFORE THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
IN HILARY TERM, 1870.
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CONTENTS.
LECTURE I.
INAUGURAL 1
LECTURE II.
THE RELATION OF ART TO RELIGION 24
LECTURE III.
THE RELATION OF ART TO MORALS 46
LECTURE IV.
THE RELATION OF ART TO USE 66
LECTURE V.
LINE 86
LECTURE VI.
LIGHT 102
LECTURE VII.
COLOUR 123
PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1887.
The following lectures were the most important piece of my literary work done w