John Ruskin - Wikipedia
WEBAdmirers and scholars of Ruskin can visit the Ruskin Library at Lancaster University, Ruskin's home, Brantwood, and the Ruskin Museum, both in Coniston in the English Lake District. All three mount regular exhibitions open to the public all the year round.
The Seven Lamps of Architecture - Wikipedia
WEBThe Seven Lamps of Architecture is an extended essay, first published in May 1849 and written by the English art critic and theorist John Ruskin. The 'lamps' of the title are Ruskin's principles of architecture, which he later enlarged upon in the three-volume The Stones of Venice.
Ruskin's Venice — Google Arts & Culture
WEBJohn Ruskin, View on the upper reach of the Grand Canal, Venice, with the Palazi Tron and Duodo, 1876.
The Stones of Venice (book) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from 1851 to 1853. The Stones of Venice examines Venetian architecture in detail, describing for example over eighty churches.
John Ruskin | Biography, Criticism, & Facts | Britannica
WEBJul 5, 2024 · John Ruskin (born February 8, 1819, London, England—died January 20, 1900, Coniston, Lancashire) was an English critic of art, architecture, and society who was a gifted painter, a distinctive prose stylist, and an important example of the Victorian Sage, or Prophet: a writer of polemical prose who seeks to cause widespread cultural and ...
John Ruskin Overview and Analysis | TheArtStory
WEBRuskin is considered the father of modern art criticism, and was also a true polymath - a talented watercolorist, teacher, and geologist. He informed the Pre-Raphaelites, and influenced many important art topics.
Draughtsman's contract | Travel | The Guardian
WEBMar 25, 2000 · On John Ruskin, who was never quite right in the head, the city had a predictably tumultuous effect. Great Venetian art frequently felled him.
Ruskin’s Venice: ‘The Paradise of Cities’ - Lancaster University
WEBRuskin’s Venice: ‘The Paradise of Cities’. 8 January - 26 March 2000. Exploring John Ruskin’s experience of Venice through its history, art and architecture. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of Venice to Ruskin's life, emotionally as well as intellectually.
John Ruskin — RUSKIN ART CLUB
WEBArt and social critic John Ruskin was born on February 8, 1819 in London and died at Brantwood in the Lake District on January 20, 1900. The only child of a well-to-do Scottish couple, Ruskin grew up in a cultured household in which both his father’s artistic interests and his mother’s fervent Evangelical faith were central themes.
John Ruskin – The Prophet – Ruskin Museum
WEBJohn Ruskin was one of the greatest Victorians; his range of interests and achievements were quite staggering. He was an artist, art critic, amateur geologist, a teacher, writer, social critic and philosopher.
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