The Nature of Gothic

The Nature of Gothic

''One of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century.'' William Morris, in the Preface. The Nature of Gothic started life as a chapter in Ruskin''s masterwork, The Stones of Venice. Ruskin came to......
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<p>''One of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century.'' William Morris, in the Preface. <strong><em>The Nature of Gothic</em></strong> started life as a chapter in Ruskin''s masterwork, <em>The Stones of Venice</em>. Ruskin came to lament the ''Frankenstein monsters'' of Victorian buildings with added Gothic which ''The Stones'' inspired; but despite his misgivings the original moral purpose of his writing had not fallen on stony ground. <strong><em>The Nature of Gothic</em></strong>, the last chapter of the second volume, had marked his progression from art critic to social critic; in it he found the true seam of his thought, and it was quickly recognised for the revolutionary writing it was. As Morris himself put it, <strong><em>The Nature of Gothic</em></strong> ''pointed out a new road on which the world should travel''; and in its indictment of meaningless modern labour and its celebration of medieval architecture it could be called the foundation stone of M
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''One of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century.'' William Morris, in the Preface. The Nature of Gothic started life as a chapter in Ruskin''s masterwork, The Stones of Venice. Ruskin came to lament the ''Frankenstein monsters'' of Victorian buildings with added Gothic which ''The Stones'' inspired; but despite his misgivings the original moral purpose of his writing had not fallen on stony ground. The Nature of Gothic, the last chapter of the second volume, had marked his progression from art critic to social critic; in it he found the true seam of his thought, and it was quickly recognised for the revolutionary writing it was. As Morris himself put it, The Nature of Gothic ''pointed out a new road on which the world should travel''; and in its indictment of meaningless modern labour and its celebration of medieval architecture it could be called the foundation stone of Morris''s aesthetic and purpose in life. 40 years after he first read it, Morris chose Ruskin''s text for one of the first books to be published at his Kelmscott Press, using his own Golden type. It is one of the summits of his career, and one of the most beautiful books ever published.Few books can so completely sum up an era. The Kelmscott Nature of Gothic encapsulates the meeting of two remarkable minds and embodies their influence in word, image and design. But more than that, Ruskin''s words are increasingly relevant for our times. In this facsimile edition, the first ever made of this rare book, the reader can fully appreciate their importance and their legacy, as understood by one of the most potent visual imaginations to have worked in Britain. In this enlarged edition, essays by leading scholars, Robert Hewison (who was one of Ruskin''s successors as Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford University), Tony Pinkney (Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University) and Robert Brownell (lecturer, stained glass maker and author of Marriage of Inconvenience) explain the importance of this book for Ruskin, for Morris and for us today.

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Oppdag skjønnheten i The Nature of Gothic

«En av de absolutt nødvendige og uunngåelige ytringene fra århundret.» - William Morris. The Nature of Gothic er ikke bare en bok; det er et verk som fanger essensen av to geniale sinn: John Ruskin og William Morris. Dette mesterverket begynte som et kapittel i Ruskins store verk, The Stones of Venice, og har siden blitt en kritikk av den moderne tidens meningsløse arbeid.

Hvorfor velge The Nature of Gothic?

  • Historisk betydning: Dette verket har formet vår forståelse av middelaldersk arkitektur og dens innflytelse på samfunnet.
  • Visuell eleganse: Den vakre utformingen og designet forbedrer leseropplevelsen og gir også en estetisk skattekiste for kunstelskere.
  • Innsiktsfulle essay: Inkludert i denne utgaven er bidrag fra anerkjente akademikere som Robert Hewison og Tony Pinkney, som belyser vergets relevans i dag.

The Nature of Gothic: En bro mellom fortid og framtid

Boken fanger essensen av en tid hvor håndverk og kunst ble betraktet som livgivende krefter. Ruskin kritiserte de «Frankenstein-monstre» av bygninger som dukket opp i hans tid, og The Nature of Gothic står som et fundament for å forstå verdien av kreativitet. Vær med på å oppdage et verk som, ifølge Morris, peker på "en ny vei som verden burde følge".

Ta del i en litterær opplevelse som er både historisk og moderne, og se hvordan The Nature of Gothic fremdeles snakker til oss i dag. Opplev et av de mest betydningsfulle bøkene som noensinne er publisert, og vær en del av en reise gjennom ord, bilde og design.

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