His father, John James Ruskin, was a Scots wine merchant who had moved to London and made a fortune in the sherry trade. John Ruskin, an only child, was largely educated at home, where he was given a taste for art by his father’s collecting of contemporary watercolours and a minute and comprehensive knowledge of the Bible by his piously ...
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Interés por la belleza de las niñas. También es conocida su fascinación hacia la belleza de las niñas. En 1841, Ruskin conoció en una escuela infantil de Wrington a la que será más tarde su esposa, Effie Gray, de 12 años de edad.
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The Winnington Letters: John Ruskin's correspondence with Margaret Alexis Bell and the children at Winnington Hall ed. Van Akin Burd (Harvard University Press, 1969) The Ruskin Family Letters: The Correspondence of John James Ruskin, his wife, and their son John, 1801–1843 ed. Van Akin Burd (2 vols.) (Cornell University Press, 1973)
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29 de mar. de 2013 · Ruskin was an only child, doted on by his parents and afflicted by both his mother's intense religiosity and ill-health.
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John Ruskin Escritor, crítico de arte y reformista inglés Nació el 8 de febrero de 1819 en Londres. Hijo de Margaret Cox y John James Ruskin, un rico comerciante que estimuló su pasión por el arte, la literatura y los viajes. Cursó estudios en la Universidad de Oxford.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) Uno de los mayores críticos de arte de la era victoriana, el escritor inglés John Ruskin tuvo un gran impacto en la evaluación de arte del siglo XIX. Sus puntos de vista personales sobre la pintura y la escultura (y también sobre la arquitectura) tuvieron una gran influencia en el gusto del público y, en ...
In 1855, she married John Millais and they had eight children together: Everett, born in 1856; George, born in 1857; Effie, born in 1858; Mary, born in 1860; Alice, born in 1862; Geoffrey, born in 1863; John in 1865; and Sophie in 1868. Their youngest son, John Guille Millais, became a notable bird artist and gardener.