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English writer and art critic (1819–1900)

Also known as: Dzhon Rëskin, J. Ruskin, John Rosukin, Jon Rasukin, Kata Phusin, Ruskin

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William Morris1834–1896
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Shares a fusion of medievalist aesthetics, craft ideals and social critique of industrial capitalism. (AI reason)
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Thomas Carlyle1795–1881
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Writes prophetic, rhetorically charged Victorian social criticism attacking materialism and laissez-faire economics. (AI reason)
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Walter Pater1839–1894
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Offers lyrical, impressionistic prose criticism of Renaissance art and aesthetic experience. (AI reason)
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Matthew Arnold1822–1888
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Produces Victorian cultural criticism concerned with culture, morality and the state of society. (AI reason)
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John Henry Newman1801–1890
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Writes polished Victorian nonfiction prose on faith, education and the moral life. (AI reason)
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Augustus Charles Pugin1762–1832
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Argues for Gothic architecture as a moral and spiritual ideal, anticipating Ruskin's architectural thought. (AI reason)
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Marcel Proust1871–1922
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Translated The Bible of Amiens and shares an intense, meditative attention to art, cathedrals and perception. (AI reason)
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Oscar Wilde1854–1900
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Engages Victorian aesthetic debates in essays on art and writes moral fairy tales akin to The King of the Golden River. (AI reason)
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Kenneth Clark1903–1983
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Writes eloquent, accessible art history on the Gothic revival and civilisation's visual heritage. (AI reason)
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Henry David Thoreau1817–1862
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Combines close observation of nature with moral critique of economic life and simple living ideals. (AI reason)
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