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Kirkby Lonsdale (/ ˈ k ɜːr b i ˈ l ɒ n z d eɪ l /) is a town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune. Historically in Westmorland , it lies 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Kendal on the A65 .
Modern Painters (1843–1860) is a five-volume work by the Victorian art critic John Ruskin, begun when he was 24 years old based on material collected in Switzerland in 1842. [1] Ruskin argues that recent painters emerging from the tradition of the picturesque are superior in the art of landscape to the old masters.
The following rooms are open to the public. The drawing room still includes Ruskin's secretaire, bookcase and shell-cabinet. The wallpaper is a copy of Ruskin's design and his drawing of the north porch of St. Mark's, Venice, hangs above the shell-cabinet. Next door is the study where Ruskin worked which contains a painting by Samuel Prout.
Ruskin had made his debut as a critic of architecture with The Poetry of Architecture (1839), an essay in the picturesque that he later rejected, [15] The Seven Lamps were still tentative steps for Ruskin's architectural criticism and offered a moral creed for architects. He later went on to disclaim the essay as a 'wretched rant'.
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The Director of The Ruskin is Professor Sandra Kemp. [3] Prior to 2019, The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre was known as the Ruskin Library. The Ruskin is home to The Ruskin Whitehouse Collection, the world's largest assemblage of works by artist, writer, environmentalist and social thinker John Ruskin (1819–1900), and his circle.
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