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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Avery-Quash, Susanna
• Barnes, Janet

Titel

Introduction: 'Art for the Nation: John Ruskin, Art Education and Social Change': a series of articles arising from a conference held at the National Gallery, London, 20–21 September 2019

Ist Teil von

• Journal of art historiography, 2020-06 (22), p.1-5

Ort / Verlag

Glasgow: Journal of Art Historiography

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The bicentenary of the birth of the eminent Victorian writer and social reformer John Ruskin (1819-1900) fell on 8 February 2019. To mark this landmark year numerous bodies across the UK, North America and around the world organized public exhibitions, displays, conferences and other activities aiming to draw attention to Ruskin's life, work and legacy. In the UK, Ruskin's 200th anniversary began with a two-venue exhibition: John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing, which opened at Two Temple Place in London in January,1 while a version of it, John Ruskin: Art and Wonder, was hosted at the Millennium Galleries in Sheffield from May.2 Organized by the Guild of St George in partnership with Museums Sheffield and the Bulldog Trust, these related exhibitions included the largest ever number of loans from the Guild of St George's Ruskin Collection at Sheffield. A total of 190 paintings, drawings, daguerreotypes, items of metal work and plaster casts were brought together to illustrate how Ruskin's attitude to natural and artistic beauty shaped his radical views on culture and society. The second show was the culmination of the wider community programme 'Ruskin in Sheffield'3 - a Guild of St George project which ran from 2014 to 2019 and was designed to enrich the city's understanding of Ruskin's importance to its history with events and activities that drew inspiration from his ideas and museum collection. Several other cities across the UK, in association with cultural and funding partners, organized richly varied and well-attended programmes of activity. The 'Ruskin in Wyre'4 in Worcestershire, for instance, hosted events and an exhibition on Ruskin Land; while part of the 'Ruskin in Manchester'5 festival included an exhibition of entries submitted to 'The John Ruskin Prize',6 run by The Big Draw, in response to the 2019 theme of 'Agent of Change'.