Lectures on art. Eagle Nest. Ryskin D.

John Ryskin is a great English writer, poet, artist, artorist and social reformer. The most famous is the works in the field of art history and architecture, in particular Gothic, and the role in the formation of the artistic movement of the pre -Raphaelites. Among his works, the most outstanding are “lectures on art”, “artistic fiction: beautiful and ugly”, “English art”, “modern artists”, as well as “stones of Venice” and others. In total, Ryskin wrote about fifty books, seven hundred articles and lectures.

This book includes two classic lectures given by Oxford: “Lectures on Art” and “Orly Nest”. The first cycle is a quintessence of art critic art criticism, thoughts about the history of art, its essence, role and significance in public life. Here, Ryoskin for the first time in world history art history speaks of the hedonistic goal of art, as well as about “pure” and “mass” art. The second cycle is devoted to the relationship of science and art, the influence of the study of anatomy on the work of great artists and the importance of a disinterested attitude to creativity. Also in this cycle, Roskin represents a whole system of education of a look that will help to learn to see the beautiful in the ordinary.