Word: ruskinism
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...century has been received from Mr. Charles F. Murray of London, and a drawing after Michael Angelo by Brenourry has been received from Professor C. E. Norton. The Department of Fine Arts has acquired and deposited in the Museum a lead pencil and wash drawing of Chamouni by John Ruskin--a work of the "Modern Painters" epoch, which was Ruskin's strongest time as a draughtsman. Eight hundred and fifty-eight photographs have been purchased during the year, comprising representations of Indian, Greek, and Egyptian sculpture, French and Flemish painting, architecture of France, Spain, the Netherlands and modern England...
...progress has been made in the formation of a valuable working collection of original works of art. Chief among these are the undetermined head in red marble, and the four paintings of religions subjects, presented by Mr. Edward W. Forbes '95. Two drawings by Samuel Prout two by John Ruskin, and a water color by J. M. W. Turner, have been acquired,--the last being an exceptionally fine example of Turner's early style...
...Fine Arts Department has lately acquired and deposited in the Fogg Museum two drawings by Samuel Prout, and two drawings by John Ruskin. These drawings are of Architectural subjects in France and in Flanders, and are all admirable examples of picturesque architectural delineation. There is also an early water color drawing by Turner, a view of a gentleman's country-seat with wooded grounds, which is an unusually fine example of Turner's early manner. These drawings are now hung on the south wall of the large gallery together with others by various masters of the early English water color...
...affirmation is untrue that according to Ruskin, perfection of art consists in exact imitation of nature. In the opening of "Modern Painters" he defines great art as that which conveys to the mind the greatest number of the greatest ideas, and he distinctly asserts later that there is a distinction to be drawn between representative art and art as such, in itself. In "Modern Painters," how- ever, Ruskin deals primarily with landscape painting, and landscape art, being a representative art, therefore needs to be truthful. Recognizing this, Ruskin attempts to vindicate Turner on the score of truth, although he nowhere...
...essential feature of Ruskin's philosophy of art is the affirmation of the influence upon art of moral conditions and the reaction of art itself on moral character. That moral conditions influence the arts is a proposition little doubted now. That the duty of the fine arts is to perfect the morality or ethical state of men is a proposition, however, that has laid Ruskin open to much criticism. History shows that Ruskin was probably mistaken in this respect. Ruskin's philosophy of art in "Modern Painters," will in the main, however, be found entirely sound though overstatements, and even...