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http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/JCCT.2020.6.2.299

John Ruskin's Study of Nature  

Lim, Shan (Dept. of Curatorial Studies, Dongduk Women's Univ)
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The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology / v.6, no.2, 2020 , pp. 299-304 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper considers the research content and its historical significance of the Study of Nature conducted by John Ruskin(1819-1900) who had a profound influence on art, architecture, social reformation, and preservation of natural environment in Great Britain. Because Ruskin's Study of Nature would be the key to understand totally the implicative meaning of his various academic trials for integrating a wider contexts among human, culture, and society, without being bound by the rules of conventional disciplines. For Ruskin, 'Nature' is defined as 'a system' governing every aspects of human and non-human beings, formulating certain laws of composition. This system has an ecological quality to form a state of harmony by internal interaction and process. Such organic quality of nature worked as 'a metaphor' in Ruskin's research practices. Therefore, Ruskin's Study of Nature would be the conceptual basis for organizing and connecting its various elements of Ruskin's spiritual world.
Keywords
John Ruskin; Modern Painters; Study of Nature; Ecology; Composition; Order and Organization;
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