do you read the works of john ruskin ?

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JasonPalmer
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do you read the works of john ruskin ?

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I find them interesting
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Can you tell something about them? I read his wikipedia-article but it says nothing of the contents of his books. Please share!
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He was an interesting character, and said some good things about the potential of art, as I vaguely remember. It would be good to know more, here is an article about his possible relevance in relation to correcting our own time: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... NETTXT3487
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