Ruskin; the great Victorian critics of art and society; had an enormous influence on his age and our own. A highly successful propagandist for the arts; he did much both to popularize high art and to bring it to the masses. A brilliant theorist and practical critics of realism; he also produced the finest nineteenth-century discussions of fantasy; the grotesque; and pictorial symbolism. Most who have written about this outstanding Victorian polymath have approached him either as literary critics or as art historians. In this book; which was first published in 1985; George P. Landow provides a more balanced view and offers a strikingly new approach which reveals that Ruskin wrote throughout his career as an interpreter; an exegete. His interpretations covered many fields of human experience and endeavour; not only paintings; poems; and buildings but also contemporary social issues; such as the discontent of the working classes.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy R. AlbaariExcellent; investigative and informative!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An obssessed architects thought-provoking journey in search for the truth of detailsBy KIM JEE JEUNGAs an architect myself; I was really touched by the authors honesty with which he approaches this difficult topic; in the first place.It was like I was permitted to look inside a commonly secretive architects mind in depth.His questions that couldnt be answered and remained open as the topic is not easy really made me rethink about what I am doing.Absolutely a must-read. I love this book.
