ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -1 In the 1860s and 70s, Ruskin wrote about art and, most of all, advocated for social reform. 2 Ruskin became Oxford’s first art professor, funded a new college of art, and took the radical step of taking Oxford students off campus to repair roads. 3 During the 1870s Ruskin established and funded a utopian community.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.

Detailed explanation-3: -As art critic, Ruskin championed the idea of “truth to nature” which encouraged painters to closely observe the landscape and in doing so capture the natural world as truthfully as possible, not romanticizing what they saw.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Ruskin was one of the greatest Victorians; his range of interests and achievements were quite staggering. He was an artist, art critic, amateur geologist, a teacher, writer, social critic and philosopher.