Ruskin, John
World Encyclopedia | Date: 2005
Ruskin, John (1819–1900) English writer, artist, and social reformer. A strong religious conviction was the basis for Ruskin's advocacy of Gothic naturalism as the best style through which to praise God. His ideas are outlined forcefully in his books on architecture:
The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849) and
The Stones of Venice (three vols., 1851–53). His five-volume work
Modern Painters (1834–60) championed the paintings of J. M. W.
Turner, and after 1851 he supported the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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