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Ruskin John. 1819--1900, English art critic and social reformer. He was a champion of the Gothic Revival and the Pre-Raphaelites and saw a close connection between art and morality. From about 1860 he argued vigorously for social and economic planning. His works include Modern Painters (1843--60), The Stones of Venice (1851--53), Unto this Last (1862), Time and Tide (1867), and Fors Clavigera (1871--84) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Such Ruskinian sentiments were modified (in reality, if not in theory) as work accumulated in the first two decades of the century. In spite of such Ruskinian pronouncements, CLUI is not always so "hands-on. Even in this most Ruskinian of present-clay building projects, the inevitabilities of the machine and the marketplace implacably penetrate. |
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