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John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a Victorian writer, philosopher, art historian and critic. He influenced the Pre-Raphaelites, advocated for social reform and environmentalism, and wrote on various topics such as geology, architecture, literature and education.
Based on one of the most notorious affairs of the Victorian Age, The Countess is a play about the idealization and oppression of women. In 1853, the preeminent author and art critic John Ruskin, his wife, Effie Gray, and his friend and protégé, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painter John Everett Millais, depart in high
John Ruskin and Rose La Touche: Her Unpublished Diaries of 1861 and 1867 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1980). "The Portraits of Rose la Touche", James S. Dearden, The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 120, No. 899 (Feb. 1978), pp. 92–96; Kemp, Wolfgang. The Desire of My Eyes: The Life and Work of John Ruskin (London, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990).
Effie Gray was a Scottish artist and writer who married the art critic John Ruskin in 1848, but left him in 1854 after he refused to consummate the marriage. She later married the Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais and became a model for his works.
A fantasy story by John Ruskin about three brothers and a golden river. Gluck, the kind-hearted brother, becomes the owner of the Treasure Valley by throwing dew into the river, while his cruel brothers turn into black stones.
Unto This Last is an essay by John Ruskin that criticizes classical economics and advocates social and environmental justice. It is influenced by the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard and has inspired Gandhi's philosophy and the British Labour Party.
Lilias Trotter was a British artist and a Protestant missionary to Algeria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She wrote several books of Christian devotion and was influenced by John Ruskin and Dwight L. Moody.
Her sister, Mary, died in 1883 and in 1887 the letters that Ruskin sent "in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite" was published under the title of "Hortus Inclusus". [6] Beever died on 29 November 1893 [7] in Coniston where she was buried in the churchyard. John Ruskin was buried beside her after he died.