| Title |
The Influences of Eighteenth-Centuries Aesthetics Theories on John Ruskin |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationship between Ruskin's archiectural concept on "power"and Burke's aesthetic concept on "sublime". Secondly, to explore the roots of Ruskin's thought in German Romantics.The sublime was related not only to surprise but even awe and terror, evoked mostly by exaggerated size and darkness. This element permeates Ruskin's architectural theory. The central notion of Ruskin's art criticism is that architecture should be the expression of worker's character. This criticism is to a large extend informed by the ideas and values of the Romantic Movement. Above all, Ruskin shared the Romantics belief that art was the product of, and addressed to, the full creative powers of human spirit. In this he followed Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Carlyle, partly under the influenceof the German Romantics. |