A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Showing posts with label Art Criticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art Criticism. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Quote of the Day (John Ruskin, on the Artist as ‘A Seeing and Feeling Creature’)

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"The whole function of the artist in the world is to be a seeing and feeling creature; to be an instrument of such tenderness and sensi...
Friday, February 8, 2019

This Day in Literary History (John Ruskin, Influential But Troubled Art and Social Critic, Born)

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Feb. 8, 1819— John Ruskin , a critic who trained his powers of observation on art and architecture before turning his attention to wor...
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I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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