LECT ARCHITECT PAINT

by RUSKIN

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Subjects: Architecture; Painting; Pre-Raphaelitism; Preraphaelitism; Architecture / General; Architecture / Criticism; Architecture / History / General; Art / General; Art / Criticism; Art / History / General; Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); Art / Individual Artist; Art / Techniques / Painting;

Genres: Art, Architecture, Nonfiction

189 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1853

Reviews

[Madeline W · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ruskin's adherence to the importance of truth, natural beauty, and Christianity in art brought up a lot of contradictions in my mind, though others who combine "truth" and "faith" might be fine with his assertions in these lectures. He also makes some overly convenient divisions of history (Classical, Medieval, and Modern) without budging for the exceptions that history so often provides. I'm still debating whether - as a secular scholar - I'd like to respond to some of his more absurd claims in writing, or whether I might just add some of the artists he mentioned to my "to wiki" list and call it a day.

[Kezscribe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think every architect and architecture student should read John Ruskin, even if you don't fully accept his words as truth. In my experience in the area, I see only a primary concern with the building's function when designing, a thought that is a legacy of the materialist ideas of the architect Le Corbusier. They forgot the importance of ornament and distorted the meaning of beauty. Now, beauty is the big glass or concrete boxes they call an edifice...