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 | Source/Notes: Chapter VI: The Lamp of Memory, section 10. - The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849) |
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| “That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.” ―John Ruskin Source/Notes: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings (1964 edition), University of Virginia Press - ISBN: 9780813917894 |
| “Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.” ―John Ruskin Source/Notes: The Stones of Venice (1851 - 1853) |
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John Ruskin
Born: February 8, 1819
Died: January 20, 1900 (aged 80)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Writer, draughtsman, watercolourist, philanthropist
Bio: John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects ranging from geology to architecture, myth to ornithology, literature to education, and botany to political economy. His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied.
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