Word: ruskinism
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...Ruskin Prize of $50, for the best essay on Ruskin, to John A. Carley...
...midnight the same mob ripped him out of the jail. At daybreak his bullet-ridden body was found swaying from a pine tree in a creek bed, Georgia's 468th lynching.* Few days later in Pavo 200 Georgians raised the total to 469 by lynching Negro John Ruskin, confessed murderer of a white...
...Ruskin Predominates...
Perhaps the most interesting of all are the pictures by John Ruskin, who is more famous for his art criticism, notably the volume entitled "Modern Painters", than for his actual creative work. Ruskin is better represented in the exhibition than any of the others, and one is given a chance to observe, through the many examples of his work which are available, that Ruskin could write about art better than he could execute...
...impression of crudeness of execution, notably "Falls at Scheffelhausen", which might almost be called modernistic in its conception; its harsh dynamic lines suggest symbolism or impressionism. "Pass of Faido" seems dark, stark, and dreary, and is painted in dull grey and browns. "Looking down from Florence toward Lucca" is Ruskin's sole really vivid contribution; done with sweeping dabs of blue and green, it is startling and very effective...