Ruskin
Victorian art critic
John Ruskin was a Victorian-era English writer and art critic whose influence shaped nineteenth-century thought on art, architecture, and social reform.
His championing of Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, his advocacy for Gothic architecture, and his critiques of industrial capitalism made him one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his age.
Ruskin's prose style influenced generations of writers.
Common male name
- VictorianOf a prim era
- art criticEvaluator of visual works
- TurnerOne operating a lathe
- architectureBuilding design discipline
critic · aesthetics · Pre-Raphaelite · beauty · taste · morality · drawing · observation
Professional mutual-aid society
- socialismCommunal economic control
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
dignity · craftsmanship · poverty · wealth · ethics · economics · capitalism · workers
Southeastern American peninsula state
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- Lake DistrictNorthwest England's national park
- museumPublic exhibit space
- schoolPlace of instruction
working-class · education · settlement · community · Hillsborough · Tampa Bay · tomato · agricultural
Proper name, English origin
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- environmentalismAdvocacy for nature protection
- GandhiIndian independence leader
Tolstoy · conservation · National Trust · craftsmanship · anti-industrial
John
Common male name
- VictorianOf a prim era
- art criticEvaluator of visual works
- TurnerOne operating a lathe
architecture · critic · aesthetics · Pre-Raphaelite · beauty · taste · morality · drawing · observation · nature
guild
Professional mutual-aid society
- socialismCommunal economic control
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- reformImprove by correcting faults
labor · dignity · craftsmanship · poverty · wealth · ethics · economics · capitalism · workers · inequality
Florida
Southeastern American peninsula state
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- Lake DistrictNorthwest England's national park
- museumPublic exhibit space
school · working-class · education · settlement · community · Hillsborough · Tampa Bay · tomato · agricultural
Morris
Proper name, English origin
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- environmentalismAdvocacy for nature protection
Gandhi · Tolstoy · conservation · National Trust · craftsmanship · anti-industrial
RuskinOscar Wilde
aestheticism · art for art's sake · Bauhaus · modernism · functionalism
RuskinAdam Smith
Classical economics founder
Andrew Carnegie · laissez-faire · industrialist · mass production · factory system
Ruskinpopular
Widely admired by many
mainstream · commercial · philistine · middlebrow · populist