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The art teaching of John Ruskin

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Collingwood constructs a view of Ruskins ever shifting thoughts on art. His work addresses the shifting intellectual positions of Ruskins and the influence of modern thought on his positions. Religion is also a major topic in the book, which is almost unavoidable given Ruskins strong religious convictions and those of people (including Collingwood) of the time.

As Collingwood points out he expects his readers to have read a number of Ruskins detailed works on art. I have read only Stones of Venice, Elements of Drawing, and at times found it difficult to follow the line of thought.

Not a light read and it does require considerable concentration but well worth it to set aside much of the modernist/ post modernist position as sophistry.