1.0ACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HCNkVq7zSf"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-worlds-of-john-ruskin/">The Worlds of John Ruskin</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-worlds-of-john-ruskin/embed/#?secret=HCNkVq7zSf" width="600" height="338" title="“The Worlds of John Ruskin” — ACC Art Books US" data-secret="HCNkVq7zSf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9781843681489-04-1-600x719.jpg600719The first fully illustrated introduction to John Ruskin, art critic, architectural visionary, social reformer, environmentalist and teacher, situating him in the Victorian Britain he helped transform.INTRODUCTION 9 AN AGE OF SUPERLATIVES 12 The darker side 15 1819-30: EDEN IN SOUTH LONDON 19 Infant years 19 — Move to Herne Hill 21 — Precocious writings 23 1830-40: STUDIES AND FIRST LOVE 27 The national background 27 — Ruskin at home and travelling 27 — Oxford 31 — Work 33— Illness 35 RUSKIN AND ART ONE: TURNER AND NATURE 36 1840-50: THE AUTHOR OF MODERN PAINTERS 39 First travels alone 43 — Marriage 48 — Mr & Mrs Ruskin in Venice 53 RUSKIN AND ARCHITECTURE 58 1850-60: ARCHITECTURE AND ADULTERY 63 The Stones of Venice 63 — The Scottish Summer 67 — The Nature of Gothic 70 — Enter Morris 71 — Ruskin’s Un-Conversion 77 RUSKIN AND SOCIETY 80 1860-70: THE PROPHET AND HIS SORROWS 83 Rose La Touche: One 83 — Unto This Last 84 — Rose Again 91 RUSKIN AND ART TWO: CRITICISM AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY 98 1870-80: THE PROFESSOR 101 Fors Clavigera 103 — Brantwood 106 — Enter Wilde 113 — The Death of Rose 114 — Enter Whistler 118 RUSKIN AND THE NATURAL WORLD 120 1880-90: LONELY EMINENCE 125 The Bible of Amiens 125 — The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century 131 — Praeterita 133 1890-1900 AND BEYOND 137 Fin de siècle 137 — The long silence 137 — William Morris: final years 140 — Pilgrims and disciples 141 — 1900 142 — Legacy: tributes 143; Leo Tolstoy 143; Mahatma Gandhi 144; Marcel Proust 144 — Labour politics 145 — The Great Decline 145 — John Howard Whitehouse 146 — Revivals 147 WHAT NOW? 150 Brantwood 150 — Ruskin Museum 150 — Ruskin Library 150 — Ruskin Society 150 — The Guild of St George 151 — Ruskin Today 151 — Websites 151 RECOMMENDED READING 152 SOURCES 153 ILLUSTRATIONS 153 INDEX 155