Why did the Agricultural and Industrial it began with the huge changes in society
Revolution begin? brought about by developments made in Agriculture, technology and industry.
Where did the Agricultural and Industrial it began in Britain and spread to Europe Revolution begin?
What was the end result in Europe? -it changed the way people lived -Europe moved from essentially an agrarian society to an industrial one in a matter of a few generations.
What did the developments in Europe these developments fueled both the Romantic lead to? Movements and the birth of the Modern Age.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) -was the most notable critic of the British Victorian era -he wrote about art, architecture and politics, but he originally wanted to be a poet.
Who did Ruskin follow and what was -Ruskin followed Locke’s position of the dualism his philosophy? of mind and body and believed that art should express the noble ideas of man and G-d. -Ruskin saw nature as a supreme divine idea and therefore a key to meaningful art.
What horrified Ruskin most during the Ruskin was horrified by the injustice caused by the
Industrial Revolution? changes in society brought about by industrialization and was an early advocate of socialism.
What did Ruskin get out of the Ruskin sees art as essentially a moral act which
The Stones of Venice (1851-1853)? corresponds to the moral state of society, and the need to react to it.
What did Ruskin urge Britain to do? Ruskin urged them to rediscover the Gothic.
What did Ruskin see in Gothic art? -Ruskin saw Gothic art as more passionate, and able to express a greater spectrum of emotion, than Renaissance Art and this led to the Victorian Gothic Revival. -Ruskin believed that the lack of mechanization in Gothic