Ruskin, Turner, and the Pre-Raphaelites

by Hewison, Robert; Warrell, Ian; Wildman, Stephen; Ruskin, John; Turner, J. M. W.; Tate Britain (Gallery)

• ISBN13: 9781854373038
• ISBN10: 185437303X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Tate Gallery Pubn

Summary

John Ruskin was the first art critic to make his reputation by championing contemporary art: first by defending Turner, in his book Modern Painters, and then by giving his decisive support to the avant-garde Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He became one of the defining voices of the 19th century, engaging not only in the discussion of art and architecture, but the social issues of his age.

Ruskin, Turner, and the Pre-Raphaelites, which marks the centenary of Ruskin's death, recovers his role as a contemporary critic by bringing together many of the masterpieces that he wrote about, and exploring his personal links with some of the greatest painters of the Victorian period. He was also an artist in his own right, and Ruskin's finest drawings are used to demonstrate the arguments of a critic for whom "All great art is praise". The book also features many pieces from Ruskin's own art collection.

Author Biography

Ian Warrell is a Tate Collections Curator for the period 1780-1860.

Table of Contents

Sponsor's Foreword	6	(1)
Director's Foreword	7	(2)
Acknowledgements	9	(2)
The Beautiful and the True	11	(10)
Robert Hewison
Catalogue	21	(2)
Robert Hewison
Ian Warrell
Stephen Wildman
Introduction (RH)	23	(14)
Foundations (IW)	37	(24)
Learning from Turner (IW)	61	(26)
Venice and the Nature of Gothic (RH)	87	(40)
Patron and Collector (RH)	127	(20)
Ruskin's Drawings 1844--1882 (SW)	147	(56)
Ruskin's Pre-Raphaelitism (IW & RH)	203	(28)
A New Era of Art (RH)	231	(14)
The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century (RH)	245	(26)
Conclusion (RH)	271	(7)
Chronology	278	(2)
Ian Warrell
Robert Hewison
Abbreviations	280	(1)
Bibliography	281	(1)
Lenders and Credits	282	(1)
Ways of Giving	283	(3)
Index	286