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Author Amaral, Claudio Silveira

Title The influence of John Ruskin on the teaching of drawing in Brazil : how his spatial way of thinking affects architecture and painting / Claudio Silveira Amaral ; with a foreword by Nilson Ghirardello
Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 91 pages, 19 pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- John Ruskin's ideas. Nature -- Painting -- Ruskinian architecture -- The laws of architecture. Sacrifice -- The truth of architecture -- The truth of structure -- The Ruskinian architectural aesthetic -- The truth of materials -- The history of Ruskinian architecture -- John Ruskin and the teaching of drawing in Brazil -- The Liceu de Artes e Ofícios in Rio de Janeiro / Rui Barbosa and John Ruskin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Aesthetics
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Influence
SUBJECT Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 fast
Subject Liceu de Artes e Ofícios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
SUBJECT Liceu de Artes e Ofícios (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) fast
Subject Drawing -- Study and teaching -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
ART -- Techniques -- Drawing.
Aesthetics
Drawing -- Study and teaching
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773411180
0773411186