Proserpina ; also, Ariadne florentina ; The opening of the Crystal Palace ; St. Mark's rest ; Lectures on art ; The elements of perspective (1890)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Ariadne Florentina, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Opening of the Crystal Palace, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. St. Mark's rest, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Lectures on art, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Elements of perspective · Boston : Aldine Book Pub. · leaf 34
the leaves themselves. 4. Going out to the garden, I bring in a bit of old brick, emerald green on its rugged surface,* and a thick piece of mossy turf. First, for the old brick : To think of the quantity of pleas- ure one has had in one's life from that emerald green velvet, — and yet that for the… … leaves are apt to be not only spiked, but serrated, and otherwise angry-looking at the points ; — thirdly, that they have a tendency to fold together in the centre (Fig. 1 \) ; and at last, after an hour's work at them, it strikes me * The like of it I have now painted, Number 281, Case xii., in…
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