{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ACC Art Books US","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us","author_name":"ACC Art Books US","author_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us","title":"The Worlds of John Ruskin - ACC Art Books US","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2guGlPj2bD\"><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=2guGlPj2bD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Worlds of John Ruskin&#8221; &#8212; ACC Art Books US\" data-secret=\"2guGlPj2bD\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9781843681489-04-1-600x719.jpg","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":719,"description":"The 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 &mdash; Move to Herne Hill 21 &mdash; Precocious writings 23 1830-40: STUDIES AND FIRST LOVE 27 The national background 27 &mdash; Ruskin at home and travelling 27 &mdash; Oxford 31 &mdash; Work 33&mdash; Illness 35 RUSKIN AND ART ONE: TURNER AND NATURE 36 1840-50: THE AUTHOR OF MODERN PAINTERS 39 First travels alone 43 &mdash; Marriage 48 &mdash; Mr &amp; Mrs Ruskin in Venice 53 RUSKIN AND ARCHITECTURE 58 1850-60: ARCHITECTURE AND ADULTERY 63 The Stones of Venice 63 &mdash; The Scottish Summer 67 &mdash; The Nature of Gothic 70 &mdash; Enter Morris 71 &mdash; Ruskin&rsquo;s Un-Conversion 77 RUSKIN AND SOCIETY 80 1860-70: THE PROPHET AND HIS SORROWS 83 Rose La Touche: One 83 &mdash; Unto This Last 84 &mdash; Rose Again 91 RUSKIN AND ART TWO: CRITICISM AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY 98 1870-80: THE PROFESSOR 101 Fors Clavigera 103 &mdash; Brantwood 106 &mdash; Enter Wilde 113 &mdash; The Death of Rose 114 &mdash; Enter Whistler 118 RUSKIN AND THE NATURAL WORLD 120 1880-90: LONELY EMINENCE 125 The Bible of Amiens 125 &mdash; The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century 131 &mdash; Praeterita 133 1890-1900 AND BEYOND 137 Fin de si&egrave;cle 137 &mdash; The long silence 137 &mdash; William Morris: final years 140 &mdash; Pilgrims and disciples 141 &mdash; 1900 142 &mdash; Legacy: tributes 143; Leo Tolstoy 143; Mahatma Gandhi 144; Marcel Proust 144 &mdash; Labour politics 145 &mdash; The Great Decline 145 &mdash; John Howard Whitehouse 146 &mdash; Revivals 147 WHAT NOW? 150 Brantwood 150 &mdash; Ruskin Museum 150 &mdash; Ruskin Library 150 &mdash; Ruskin Society 150 &mdash; The Guild of St George 151 &mdash; Ruskin Today 151 &mdash; Websites 151 RECOMMENDED READING 152 SOURCES 153 ILLUSTRATIONS 153 INDEX 155"}