Ruskin
noun
John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
Ruskinian
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a word derived from
Ruskin.
Example Sentences
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Aestheticism was amoral; it didn't hew to Ruskinian axioms of morally perfect realistic truth.
From Time Magazine Archive
An eclectic marvel combining elements of Italian villa, Gothic revival, Ruskinian Venetian, French mansard, the mansion stands amid 327 acres of woods and meadow, chock-full of Oriental rugs, Thonet chairs, Tiffany glass and Persian tiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wrote a magazine paper on the zoology of the Lombardic pillars in Verona, very Ruskinian, very scornful of modern motive.
From Indian Summer by William Dean Howells
In everything he wrote the Ruskinian spirit comes strongly out, colored with an amiable egotism and enforced by great assurance of conviction.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by John Lord
After the garden we saw the house; I won't tell you anything about it, I don't want you to accuse me again of being a Ruskinian.
From Cæsar or Nothing by Louis How
