144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1999. John Ruskin (1819-1900), Walter Pater (1839-1894), and Adrian Stokes (1902-1972) represent three generations of English aesthetes whose writings have transformed art history and the formations of museums as we know them. They are three great writers in a distinctively English tradition. Concerned with the nature of aesthetic experience, and with the interpretation of... Read more
Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction: England and its Aesthetes; Part 2 Essays, John Ruskin, Walter Pater, Adrian Stokes; Chapter 2 Selection from Praeterita, John Ruskin; Chapter 3 The Child in the House, Walter Pater; Chapter 4 Inside Out, Adrian Stokes;
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john ruskin, walter pater, adrian stokes
"Luminious and poignant...David Carrier writes of these three aesthetes' concern with 'perception as a way of knowing.' The emphasis is well placed." -- Burlington Magazine
