338 results for 'marcu ruskin'

The influence of John Ruskin (1819-1900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and...

New York-based photographer Caleb Cain Marcus journeyed 1,500 miles along the Ganges River to create Goddess, a bold feat of landscape photography. Profoundly painterly, Marcus' images emphasize...

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE), philosopher-emperor, wrote the Meditations (his title was "The matters addressed to himself") in periods of solitude during military campaigns. His ethical, religious,...

Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan's life in music is revisited by his foremost interpreter -- weaving individual moods and moments into a brilliant history of their changing times.The book begins in...

Pop collages featuring commercial products, degenerate symbols of America, a cross-section of a magnolia tree rung with nails, kewpie doll sculptures and papier mâché monkey figures are just some of...

John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice...

John Ruskin (1819-1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Ruskin's essays on art and architecture were extremely...

The most influential art theorist and critic of his age, an outstanding man of letters, a sensitive painter and draughtsman, Ruskin's social criticism shocked and angered the establishment and many...

The great Victorian critic of art and society, John Ruskin did much to popularize high art and bring it to the masses. A brilliant theorist and practical critic of realism, he also produced the...

This is the first volume of the authoritative biography of John Ruskin, the most influential nineteenth-century critic of art and society. It draws on the complete text of Ruskin's diaries and many...

No figure among the Victorians surpasses John Ruskin in magnitude of genius, modernity of message, or mastery of prose. Yet for the first half-century after his death in 1900, his genius lay largely...

A great and successful propagandist for the arts, Ruskin did much to popularize high art and bring it to the masses. A brilliant theorist and practical critic of realism, he also produced the finest...

The perfect gift for music fans and anyone who loves artists like Elvis Presley, Randy Newman, Sly Stone, Robert Johnson, and Harmonica Frank.In 1975, Greil Marcus’s Mystery Train changed the way...

Previously published as Invisible Republic and already considered a classic of modern American cultural criticism, this is an updated edition of Greil Marcus's acclaimed book on the secret music made...

Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs "The most interesting writer on Dylan over the years has been the cultural critic...

In the 1980s, George Marcus spearheaded a major critique of cultural anthropology, expressed most clearly in the landmark book Writing Culture, which he coedited with James Clifford. Ethnography...

From a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art "Essential for fans of Marcus and fruitful reading for anyone reflecting on the mysteries of art...

Ben Marcus returns with a collection of timely dystopian visions of alienation in a modern world. Here a hapless, corporate drone finds love after being disfigured from testing his employer’s newest...

A 50th anniversary edition of the music classic, with fully updated discographies and new introductions from Greil Marcus and Dwight GarnerIn this special 50th anniversary edition of the beloved...