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Title: On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2)
A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature

Author: John Ruskin

Release Date: June 2, 2008 [EBook #25678]

Language: English

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[Illustration: RUSKIN'S MONUMENT
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH]

THE COMPLETE WORKS
OF
JOHN RUSKIN

ON THE OLD ROAD
VOLUMES I-II

NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK CHICAGO

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ON THE OLD ROAD.

_A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS AND ARTICLES ON ART AND
LITERATURE._

VOL. I.

PUBLISHED 1834-1885.

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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

INTRODUCTORY. PAGE

MY FIRST EDITOR. 1878 3

ART.

I. HISTORY AND CRITICISM.
LORD LINDSAY'S "CHRISTIAN ART." 1847 17
EASTLAKE'S "HISTORY OF OIL PAINTING." 1848 97
SAMUEL PROUT. 1849 148
SIR JOSHUA AND HOLBEIN. 1860 158

II. PRE-RAPHAELITISM.
ITS PRINCIPLES, AND TURNER. 1851 171
ITS THREE COLORS. 1878 218

III. ARCHITECTURE.
THE OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 1854 245
THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE IN OUR SCHOOLS. 1865 259

IV. INAUGURAL ADDRESS, CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF ART. 1858 279

V. THE CESTUS OF AGLAIA. 1865-66 305

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INTRODUCTORY: MY FIRST EDITOR.

ART.

I. HISTORY AND CRITICISM.

II. PRE-RAPHAELITISM.

III. ARCHITECTURE.

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INTRODUCTORY.

MY F