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The Ruskin Revival - 1969-2019 (Paperback)
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The Ruskin Revival - 1969-2019 (Paperback)
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In the year of the bicentenary of John Ruskin's birth, Suzanne
Fagence Cooper documents the astonishing revival of interest in
Ruskin's ideas and values. In his own day, he was revered as a
pioneering art critic - champion of J M W Turner and the
Pre-Raphaelites - as well as an artist, educator and campaigner.
However, by the mid-20th century, his views seemed outmoded,
relegated to the footnotes of historical debate. The Ruskin
Revival: 1969-2019 celebrates the re-engagement with his radical
world-view. Beginning with a conference held in 1969 at Ruskin's
last home, Brantwood in the Lake District, this study charts the
renewed fascination with his biography, as well as Ruskin's role in
reshaping discussions about the environment, criticism and arts
education. It also documents the afterlife of Ruskin's letters and
paintings, through exhibitions and catalogues. The struggle to
secure his inheritance - both his archive in the Ruskin Library at
Lancaster University, and his home at Brantwood - makes a fitting
last chapter to the tale. Whether we see him as a prophet, teacher,
philanthropist or artist, Ruskin's life and work seem to have
become more urgent, 200 years after his birth.
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