Selections From the Works of John Ruskin Summary
John Ruskin

INTRODUCTION [Sidenote:  Two conflicting tendencies in Ruskin.] It is distinctive of the nineteenth century that in its passion for criticising everything in heaven and earth it by no means spare... Read more

Biography EssayJohn Ruskin was the most influential art critic to write in England between the death of Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1792 and the publications of Clive Bell and others around 1914. It is not... Read more

John Ruskin was the most influential art critic to write in England between the death of Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1792 and the publications of Clive Bell and others around 1914. It is not, in fact, too ... Read more

John Ruskin attained his reputation as an art historian and architectural critic with the publication of three works: Modern Painters (1843-1860), The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849), and The Stone... Read more