"Lectures on Art, Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870" by John Ruskin is a set of talks given in the 1800s that looks at ideas about art. It shows how art connects to things like religion, doing what’s right, and school. Ruskin talks about why art matters, saying it can help people and make society better. He starts by saying his job is important because he’s adding something new to what people learn at Oxford, pointing out that art can really change people. He wants schools to teach art in a helpful way that connects to being good and doing the right thing, instead of only focusing on regular school subjects. He also says that art in England isn’t as good as it could be and that artists need to think more about how they affect the world, which leads to a deeper look at how art, culture, and morals all work together.
Lectures on Art, Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 1870
By John Ruskin
Discover how art, morality, culture, and education intertwine in a series of thought-provoking lectures from the 19th century.
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About the AuthorJohn 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.
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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