John Ruskin

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Gender	Male
Death	124 years ago
Date of birth	February 8,1819
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Born	London
	United Kingdom
Date of died	January 20,1900
Died	Brantwood
	United Kingdom
Artworks	Apse at the east-end of the Cathedral of San Martino, Lucca, Italy
On view	National Gallery of Art
	Ruskin Library
Periods	Romanticism
Spouse	Effie Gray
Parents	Margaret Ruskin
	John James Ruskin
Nominations	Locus Award for Best Art Book
Books	The Stones of Venice
Works	Tree Study
Influences	J. M. W. Turner
	William Shakespeare
	Plato
Education	Christ Church
	King's College London
Alma mater	Christ Church
	Oxford
	King's College
	London
Date of Reg.	2019-02-13 16:19:12
Date of Upd.	2023-09-12 03:23:28
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John Ruskin Life story

John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.

To try the Manchester galleries with art to change the world

Feb 16,2020 3:30 am

... The title and the exhibition are influenced by the 19th century thinker John Ruskin, whose ideas about the creative freedom, the crafts and architecture went on to influence politics, education and the conservation of motion...