Word: ruskinism
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...Ruskin will be invited to fill again the chair of fine arts at Oxford University, vacated by Mr. Richmond...
...Ruskin has lately applied himself with renewed activity to the founding of his new model museum at Sheffield...
...particular interest, being highly characteristic of the dashing style of the author, and to those who have never seen his larger works, they will prove a valuable supplement to the courses in fine arts, which they may have followed here. Among other notable sketches are some studies by Ruskin and a series of illustrations by Darte and Gabriel Rossetti, which should attract much attention from the signatures, if for no other reason. Mr. Moore also has some very fine water color sketches from Venice and Italy, which show an extraordinary delicacy of coloring. As the exhibition will close...
...picture buyer. Dealers sell to him very cheaply so that they can advertise him as one of their customers; and, after getting possession of a picture, he generally sells it soon for a large advance, people being willing to pay heavy prices for a picture "owned by Dumas." Mr. Ruskin's position, they say, is precisely the opposite. As soon as he has pronounced a picture good enough for himself to buy, its price becomes enhanced so much, immediately, that he is generally prevented from buying...
...recent criticism on Goldsmith says of his writings : "They will long attract us by their urbanity and intellectual hospitality - traits that were none too freqment among the contemporaries of Goldsmith, nor for that matter, even among the contemporaries of Carlyle, Freeman and Ruskin...