The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin’s teaching collection at Oxford

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Engraved Elevation of the north-western Wall and Vaults of the Loggia of the Villa Madama Johann Gotfried Gutensohn

Location

    • Western Art Print Room

Position in Ruskin’s Collection

Ruskin's Catalogues

  • Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 3rd ed. (1872)

    R|115–R|119} Examples of Decoration, designed by Raphael, Giulio Romano, and their scholars. The arts devoted entirely to the pleasure of the eye, and caprice of fancy: perfect in skill by the practice of ages; but now entirely destructive of morality, intellectual power, and national character. E.
  • Ruskin's Rudimentary series 4th ed. (1872)

    R|115 – R|119} Examples of Decoration, designed by Raphael, Giulio Romano, and their scholars. The arts devoted entirely to the pleasure of the eye, and caprice of fancy: perfect in skill by the practice of ages; but now entirely destructive of morality, intellectual power, and national character. E.
  • Ruskin's Rudimentary series, 5th ed. (1873)

    R|115 – R|119} Examples of Decoration, designed by Raphael, Giulio Romano, and their scholars. The arts devoted entirely to the pleasure of the eye, and caprice of fancy: perfect in skill by the practice of ages; but now entirely destructive of morality, intellectual power, and national character. E.
  • Ruskin's revision to the Rudimentary series (1878)

    104.

    A still richer example of the school, exquisitely delightful in its floral patterns. Every student of decorative art is to copy the mouldings on the right hand side of the door with pen and Indian ink, touching with colour. If his eye and hand are not fine enough to enjoy doing this he never will make a good painter. It is because minute work of this kind was despised by our later English School that even our men of greatest genius never were able to produce a standard classic work.

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