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The Crown of Wild Olive

by John Ruskin

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Author
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Title
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing
Credits
E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Josephine Paolucci,
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Drawing -- Study and teaching
Category
Text
eBook-No.
26716
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26716
Release Date
September 28, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Illustrated Library Edition — THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE — ALSO — MUNERA PULVERIS — PRE-RAPHAELITISM—ARATRA PENTELICI — THE ETHICS OF THE DUST — FICTION, FAIR AND FOUL — THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING — BY
  2. 2.JOHN RUSKIN, M.A. — BOSTON AND NEW YORK — COLONIAL PRESS COMPANY — PUBLISHERS
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — ARATRA PENTELICI.
  5. 5.THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE — THREE LECTURES ON WORK, TRAFFIC AND WAR
  6. 6.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7.THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE.
  8. 8.LECTURE I. — WORK. — ( Delivered before the Working Men's Institute, at Camberwell. )
  9. 9.LECTURE II. — TRAFFIC. — ( Delivered in the Town Hall, Bradford. ) — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.>LECTURE III. — WAR. — ( Delivered at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. ) — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.MUNERA PULVERIS — SIX ESSAYS ON THE ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
  12. 12.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.MUNERA PULVERIS.
  14. 14.CHAPTER I. — DEFINITIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.CHAPTER II. — STORE-KEEPING. — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.CHAPTER III. — COIN-KEEPING. — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.CHAPTER IV. — COMMERCE. — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.CHAPTER V. — GOVERNMENT. — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.CHAPTER VI. — MASTERSHIP. — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.APPENDICES. — THE END — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.PRE-RAPHAELITISM
  22. 22.PREFACE.
  23. 23.PRE-RAPHAELITISM. — THE END. — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.ARATRA PENTELICI — SIX LECTURES — ON THE ELEMENTS OF — SCULPTURE — GIVEN BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN MICHAELMAS TERM, 1870
  25. 25.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.ARATRA PENTELICI.
  27. 27.LECTURE I. — OF THE DIVISION OF ARTS. — November, 1870. — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.LECTURE II. — IDOLATRY. — November, 1870. — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.LECTURE III. — IMAGINATION. — November, 1870. — FOOTNOTES:
  30. 30.LECTURE IV. — LIKENESS. — November, 1870. — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.LECTURE V. — STRUCTURE. — December, 1870. — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.LECTURE VI. — THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS. — December, 1870. — FOOTNOTES:
  33. 33.THE FUTURE OF ENGLAND. — ( Delivered at the R. A. Institution, Woolwich, December 14, 1869. ) — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.NOTES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PRUSSIA. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — FOOTNOTES:
  35. 35.ETHICS OF THE DUST — TEN LECTURES — TO — LITTLE HOUSEWIVES — ON — THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLISATION
  36. 36.CONTENTS.
  37. 37.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  38. 38.PERSONÆ.
  39. 39.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  40. 40.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
  41. 41.THE ETHICS OF THE DUST.
  42. 42.LECTURE I. — THE VALLEY OF DIAMONDS. — FOOTNOTES:
  43. 43.LECTURE II. — THE PYRAMID BUILDERS. — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.LECTURE III. — THE CRYSTAL LIFE.
  45. 45.LECTURE IV. — THE CRYSTAL ORDERS. — FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46.LECTURE V. — CRYSTAL VIRTUES.
  47. 47.LECTURE VI. — CRYSTAL QUARRELS. — FOOTNOTES:
  48. 48.LECTURE VII. — HOME VIRTUES.
  49. 49.LECTURE VIII. — CRYSTAL CAPRICE. — Formal Lecture in Schoolroom, after some practical examination of minerals. — FOOTNOTES:
  50. 50.LECTURE IX. — CRYSTAL SORROWS. — Working Lecture in Schoolroom.
  51. 51.LECTURE X. — THE CRYSTAL REST. — FOOTNOTES:
  52. 52.NOTES. — Note I. — Note II. — Note III. — NOTE IV. — NOTE V. — NOTE VI.
  53. 53.NOTE TO SECOND EDITION.
  54. 54.FICTION—FAIR AND FOUL. — [ Byron. ] — FOOTNOTES:
  55. 55.ELEMENTS OF DRAWING — IN — THREE LETTERS TO BEGINNERS — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN BY THE AUTHOR
  56. 56.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
  57. 57.ELEMENTS OF DRAWING.
  58. 58.LETTER I. — ON FIRST PRACTICE. — EXERCISE I. — EXERCISE II. — EXERCISE III. — EXERCISE IV. — EXERCISE V. — EXERCISE VI. — EXERCISE VII. — EXERCISE VIII. — EXERCISE IX. — EXERCISE X. — FOOTNOTES:
  59. 59.LETTER II. — SKETCHING FROM NATURE. — FOOTNOTES:
  60. 60.LETTER III. — ON COLOUR AND COMPOSITION. — 1. THE LAW OF PRINCIPALITY. — 2. THE LAW OF REPETITION. — 3. THE LAW OF CONTINUITY. — 4. THE LAW OF CURVATURE. — 5. THE LAW OF RADIATION. — 6. THE LAW OF CONTRAST. — 7. THE LAW OF INTERCHANGE. — 8. THE LAW OF CONSISTENCY. — 9. THE LAW OF HARMONY. — FOOTNOTES:
  61. 61.APPENDIX. — THINGS TO BE STUDIED. — FOOTNOTES:

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