What do you think?
Rate this book
La bibbia d'Amiens
"Quello che Ruskin chiama propriamente la «Bibbia d’Amiens» è il Portico Occidentale. Il portico d’Amiens non è soltanto un libro di pietra nel senso vago in cui l’avrebbe inteso Victor Hugo: è «La Bibbia» di pietra. Senza dubbio, prima di saperlo, quando vedete per la prima volta la facciata occidentale d’Amiens azzurra nella nebbia, splendente al mattino, e intensamente dorata nel pomeriggio per il sole assorbito, rosata e già fresca e notturna al tramonto, o non importa in quale di queste ore le sue campane suonino nel cielo, allora liberandola dai colori mutevoli, con i quali la natura la fascia, voi sentite davanti a questa facciata un’impressione confusa ma profonda. Vedendo levarsi verso il cielo questo monumentale formicolìo, dentellato di personaggi di proporzioni umane nella loro statura di pietra, che tengono nella mano la croce o il filatterio o lo scettro, questo mondo di santi, queste generazioni di profeti, queste processioni di apostoli, questo popolo di re, questa sfilata di pescatori, quest’assemblea di giudici, questo stormo di angeli, gli uni di fianco agli altri, gli uni al di sopra degli altri, diritti presso la porta, mentre guardano la città dall’alto delle nicchie, dalle estremità delle gallerie, più in alto ancora, così da non ricevere più che vaghi e meravigliati gli sguardi degli uomini ai piedi della torre, nel suono delle campane, senza dubbio, al calore della vostra commozione, voi sentite che questa gigantesca, immobile ed appassionata ascensione è realmente una grande cosa. Ma una cattedrale non è soltanto una bellezza da sentire. Se pure non è più per voi un insegnamento da seguire è tuttavia un libro da comprendere. Il portale di una cattedrale gotica, e specialmente quello di Amiens, la cattedrale gotica per eccellenza, è la Bibbia." (dallo scritto di Marcel Proust)
- GenresArt
207 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1885
5 people are currently reading
44 people want to read
About the author
John Ruskin
3,858 books498 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art historian, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.
Ruskin was heavily engaged by the work of Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc which he taught to all his pupils including William Morris, notably Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionary, which he considered as "the only book of any value on architecture". Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society.
Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft.
Ruskin first came to widespread attention with the first volume of Modern Painters (1843), an extended essay in defence of the work of J.M.W. Turner in which he argued that the principal role of the artist is "truth to nature". From the 1850s, he championed the Pre-Raphaelites, who were influenced by his ideas. His work increasingly focused on social and political issues. Unto This Last (1860, 1862) marked the shift in emphasis. In 1869, Ruskin became the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, where he established the Ruskin School of Drawing. In 1871, he began his monthly "letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain", published under the title Fors Clavigera (1871–1884). In the course of this complex and deeply personal work, he developed the principles underlying his ideal society. As a result, he founded the Guild of St George, an organisation that endures today.
John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art historian, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.
Ruskin was heavily engaged by the work of Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc which he taught to all his pupils including William Morris, notably Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionary, which he considered as "the only book of any value on architecture". Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society.
Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s with the publication of numerous academic studies of his work. Today, his ideas and concerns are widely recognised as having anticipated interest in environmentalism, sustainability and craft.
Ruskin first came to widespread attention with the first volume of Modern Painters (1843), an extended essay in defence of the work of J.M.W. Turner in which he argued that the principal role of the artist is "truth to nature". From the 1850s, he championed the Pre-Raphaelites, who were influenced by his ideas. His work increasingly focused on social and political issues. Unto This Last (1860, 1862) marked the shift in emphasis. In 1869, Ruskin became the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, where he established the Ruskin School of Drawing. In 1871, he began his monthly "letters to the workmen and labourers of Great Britain", published under the title Fors Clavigera (1871–1884). In the course of this complex and deeply personal work, he developed the principles underlying his ideal society. As a result, he founded the Guild of St George, an organisation that endures today.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
July 14, 2020
Free download available at Project Gutenberg
I made the proofing of this book for Free Literature and Project Gutenberg will publish it.
TABLE
PRÉFACE DU TRADUCTEUR
I.--AVANT-PROPOS....................................... 9
II.--NOTRE-DAME D'AMIENS SELON RUSKIN................. 15
III.--JOHN RUSKIN....................................... 48
IV.--POST-SCRIPTUM..................................... 78
LA BIBLE D'AMIENS
PRÉFACE........................................... 99
I.--AU BORD DES COURANTS D'EAU VIVE.................. 105
NOTES DU CHAPITRE I............................ 138
II.--SOUS LE DRACHENFELS............................. 147
III.--LE DOMPTEUR DE LIONS............................. 192
IV.--INTERPRÉTATIONS.................................. 249
APPENDICE I
LISTE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES PRINCIPAUX ÉVÉNEMENTS DONT
IL EST FAIT MENTION DANS «LA BIBLE D'AMIENS» . . . . 343
APPENDICE II
PLAN GÉNÉRAL DE «NOS PÈRES NOUS ONT DIT».............. 345
I made the proofing of this book for Free Literature and Project Gutenberg will publish it.
TABLE
PRÉFACE DU TRADUCTEUR
I.--AVANT-PROPOS....................................... 9
II.--NOTRE-DAME D'AMIENS SELON RUSKIN................. 15
III.--JOHN RUSKIN....................................... 48
IV.--POST-SCRIPTUM..................................... 78
LA BIBLE D'AMIENS
PRÉFACE........................................... 99
I.--AU BORD DES COURANTS D'EAU VIVE.................. 105
NOTES DU CHAPITRE I............................ 138
II.--SOUS LE DRACHENFELS............................. 147
III.--LE DOMPTEUR DE LIONS............................. 192
IV.--INTERPRÉTATIONS.................................. 249
APPENDICE I
LISTE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES PRINCIPAUX ÉVÉNEMENTS DONT
IL EST FAIT MENTION DANS «LA BIBLE D'AMIENS» . . . . 343
APPENDICE II
PLAN GÉNÉRAL DE «NOS PÈRES NOUS ONT DIT».............. 345
December 26, 2012
Crème de la crème
February 13, 2026
Honnêtement c’était pas ma tasse de thé…
Autant la préface de Proust peut paraître parfois un peu complexe, autant elle reste assez intéressante, autant le texte de Ruskin m’a parfois rendu confus sur le rapport entre ses propos et la cathédrale d’Amiens (dont j’en ai mieux saisi le sens par le petit appendice à la fin du livre).
De plus on ressent bien l’époque de son écriture puisque les faits historiques sont parfois présentés comme moins important qu’une légende ou d’un passage de la Bible…..
Autant la préface de Proust peut paraître parfois un peu complexe, autant elle reste assez intéressante, autant le texte de Ruskin m’a parfois rendu confus sur le rapport entre ses propos et la cathédrale d’Amiens (dont j’en ai mieux saisi le sens par le petit appendice à la fin du livre).
De plus on ressent bien l’époque de son écriture puisque les faits historiques sont parfois présentés comme moins important qu’une légende ou d’un passage de la Bible…..
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews