The aesthetic movement rejected John Ruskin's high-minded approach to art – but there was real radicalism behind his moralising http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/mar/29/aesthetic-movement-john-ruskin
The aesthetic movement rejected John Ruskin's high-minded approach to art – but there was real radicalism behind his moralising http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2011/mar/29/aesthetic-movement-john-ruskin
Oh, yes, Ruskin had a moralistic vison of art. But he wasn't the only supporter about this idea. There was Pugin that considered the architect's morality.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I think it is a concept that surfaces in art periodically. Frances Bacon talked about morality, though it differs from mine.
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