Mornings in Florence

John Ruskin’s Walks in Florence is both a guide to early Renaissance Florence and a school of vision—teaching you to see the differences in what repeats, and the similarities in what seems unlike. Ruskin taught us to perceive Florence dynamically, moving from admiration to the analysis of the ideas that inspired the Renaissance era. Ruskin’s Florence is a familiar stranger, revealing secrets only to those who know both the secret of intellectual delight and the secret of a trusting conversation. This reissue of a well-known book includes a new preface that reveals the place Ruskin’s book holds in the history of the comprehensive study of art.