Events for Autumn and 'The Ruskin Revival'
John Ruskin by Herkomer, , National Portrait Gallery
This Autumn, I am commemorating Ruskin's th anniversary with a new book,
The Ruskin Revival (Pallas Athene).
In the years since John Ruskin&#;s death in , his reputation has ebbed and flowed. In his own day, he was revered as a pioneering art critic - champion of J M W Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites &#; as well as an artist, educator and campaigner. However, by the midth century, his views seemed outmoded, relegated to the footnotes of historical debate.
&#;The Ruskin Revival: &#; considers the re-engagement with his radical world-view. Beginning with a conference held in at Ruskin&#;s last home, Brantwood in the Lake District, this study shows the range of Ruskin&#;s legacies. It charts the renewed fascination with his biography, as well as Ruskin&#;s role in reshaping discussions about the environment, criticism and arts education.
It also documents the afterlife of Ruskin&#;s letters and paintings, through exhibitions and catalogues. The struggle to secure his inheritance &#; both his archive in the Ruskin Library at Lancaster Uni
As we look forward to the summer holidays, I thought I would share with you an extract from my essay on Jane Morris as the welcoming hostess: she and her husband William Morris encouraged visitors to their country houses in Kent and Oxfordshire. And they also gathered their friends for good food and creative conversations in their house in London. This is a short version of a paper I presented in April at a seminar in Sweden, as part of a wonderful 'Arts and Crafts' project supported by the Ax:son Johnson Foundation. The full papers, including essays on John Ruskin, Carl and Karin Larsson, and women artists and designers, will be published later this year&#; . Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Jane Morris in Icelandic Dress , In her decorative keepsake books, created from the late s, Jane Morris transcribed quotations that appealed to her. On the first page of one book, bound in ivory leather, she noted an old French proverb: &#;Ayons le coeur et l&#;esprit hospitaliers&#;. This p
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Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper
Suzanne is a writer, broadcaster, lecturer and curator. She is currently Research Curator at York Art Gallery, for the exhibition, &#;Turner, Ruskin and the Storm Cloud. Suzanne spent 12 years at the V&A Museum, researching the Victorian collections. As an expert on 19th and 20th century British art, she is in demand as a lecturer for the Arts Society, and as an invited speaker for Cunard voyages. She is an historical consultant for the BBC and Channel 4, and advised Ralph Fiennes on his film, ‘The Invisible Woman’, about Dickens and the actress Ellen Ternan.
Suzanne’s books include ‘Pre-Raphaelite Art in the V&A Museum’ and ‘The Victorian Woman’. Her biography of ‘Eff
How To See Clearly with Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper
“Teasing out reality and truth from a mass of vague, half-formed or faked material is a skill that we all need, now more than ever. Like Ruskin, we should know what lies beneath the surface, how the traces of the past remain within the present. In simple terms, can we spot a filtered photo, or a hidden motive? Are we being fed advertising or information? Do we trust our sources?”
In our age of immediacy John Ruskin’s ideas remain important more than ever. He can teach us how to see beauty, how to gain control over attention span and how to genuinely care about nature. He was a visionary who predicted many of the challenges we are facing today, such as climate change and culture of distraction.
Through his writings we can learn how to become better and live in harmony with the word.
In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Suzanne Fagence Cooper, who wrote a brilliant biography of Ruskin. It is a wonderful introduction to his work for those, who like me, did not know where to start reading his works.
What would Ruskin think of modern architecture? What would be his advice to us on how to live a meaningful life?
These are jus
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