Kingfisher, John Ruskin, 1871.

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English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath, was born 1819
The Wealth Of Life https://t.co/QEbY11K7uJ
"To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion — all in one."

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Victorian polymath & colossus John Ruskin was born in 1819. Ruskin was a superb draughtsman with an intense eye on the natural world. We highly recommend 'An Instinct to Draw' by Prof Stephen Wildman celebrating Ruskin's drawings at the for

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Today is the 204th birthday of John Ruskin, who founded the Guild & whose ideas & ideals inspire our work today. Our logo, taken from Ruskin's copy of Carpaccio's St George, symbolises the challenge then & now: how might we tame the dragon of unfettered industrial capitalism?

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"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece."

✒️ English author, critic, and academic, was 8 February 1819.

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John Ruskin, English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the era d. 1900
The Wealth Of Life https://t.co/QEbY11KFkh
'There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which...'

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Le colline ...non fanno ombra, quasi d'aria.
L'Arno favella con la bianca ghiaia,
recando alle Nereidi tirrene
il velo che vi bagno' frs la Grazia.
Quel vel con cui fascia
la Grazia qst terra di Toscana
D'Annunzio




Ruskin

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"Come, ye cold winds, at January's call, On whistling wings, and with white flakes bestrew The earth."
(John Ruskin)

🎨 Charles Livingston Bull

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“It is written on the arched sky;
it looks out from every star.
It is the poetry of Nature;
it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.”

~ John Ruskin

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© 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 by Denny Bitte

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Fuori per campi e boschi,
oltre le mura ho viaggiato,
salito su colline panoramiche
ho guardato il mondo, sono sceso.
Per la via grande sono tornato a casa:
ed ecco ho terminato
le foglie sono ttt morte a terra




Ruskin "San Miniato"

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¿Una pintora especializada en pintura de guerra admirada por Ruskin y que consideraba su obra como de las mejores obras pre-refaelitas? Pues sí, hoy haría años Elizabeth Thompson 🇨🇭 (1846—1933) que además consiguió vivir de pintar algo insólito en el s. XIX.

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Happy everyone 😺💜🕊

Cat at the Window - Ruskin Spear

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'The Old Oak Tree, Ruskin Park' || Karen Keogh
https://t.co/ouPDuoRBHc

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