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John Ruskin
AuthorBooks · Second hand1819-1900
John Ruskin was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth.
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About John Ruskin
Birth
1819
Death
1900
First book
1834
Years writing
66
John Ruskin was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth.
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John Ruskin was a Victorian polymath who excelled as an art critic, philosopher, and painter.
Under the pseudonym Kata Phusin, he deeply explored the relationship between nature and aesthetics.
His work The Seven Lamps of Architecture is a fundamental pillar for understanding art history.
Born in London in 1819, he dedicated his life to analyzing beauty and ethics in British society.
With nearly a thousand published works, his legacy spans from literary criticism to architecture and sociology.
