Ruskin

[ ruhs-kin ]

/ ˈrʌs kɪn /

noun

John,1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.

OTHER WORDS FROM Ruskin

Rus·kin·i·an, Rus·kin·e·an, adjective

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So much of truth there is in Ruskin's statement that art made perfect denies progress and is its ultimate.

Heart of Man |George Edward Woodberry
This is a great and a true gospel, and would there were more such eloquent proclaimers of it as Ruskin!

Home Life of Great Authors |Hattie Tyng Griswold
Since then Mr. Ruskin has led a secluded rather than a lonely life.

Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches |Justin McCarthy
At a later date Mrs. Browning made Mr. Ruskin's acquaintance, as some subsequent letters testify.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) |Frederic G. Kenyon

Ruskin's work is not the less thought of because the man had his pathetic spells of indecision.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 |Elbert Hubbard

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Ruskin

/ (ˈrʌskɪn) /

noun

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)

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