John Ruskin

Details

Nationality

British

Classifications

Holder

Individual

Source of authority

ObservationLived experience

Subject

Human centred

Mode of transmission

Text drawing

Knowledge type

Relational embodied

Epistemic cluster

Western philosophical

Notes

[DRAFT] Leading Victorian art critic whose The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849) and The Stones of Venice (1851–53) bound architecture to morality, craft and memory; his 'Lamp of Memory' shaped the conservation movement and his thought drove the Arts and Crafts movement.

Connections

• authored The Seven Lamps of Architecture
• authored The Stones of Venice
• associated with Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB/Anti-Scrape)
• proposed Anti-restoration ethic (SPAB/Ruskin)
• opposes Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
• influenced William Morris
• developed Anti-restoration ethic (SPAB/Ruskin)

Referenced by

• A.W.N. Pugin influenced
• Camillo Boito critiqued

Sources

1. Robert Hewison. Ruskin on Venice: 'The Paradise of Cities'. Yale University Press, 2009.
2. John Ruskin. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Smith, Elder & Co., 1849.
3. Ruskin, John. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Smith, Elder & Co., 1849.