Talk:The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

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[edit] Ruskin's advice

I wonder if the school places any emphasis on one of Ruskin's main ideas. He advised artists to depict only the sensations that they saw, withiout regard for the objects that were perceived. In other words, an artist should concentrate on reproducing merely the patches of color (including shades of black and white) that he/she sees, without thinking about the particular object that is perceived by means of the patches of color. In this way, the mind is not fooled or distracted by its thoughts about the object. A more representational drawing or painting results from this procedure. The Impressionists adopted this technique in that they merely reproduced their sense impressions with little or no concern for the objects. This is a revolutionary idea. However, if I know today's art schools, they probably don't even require that students read Ruskin's The Elements of Drawing, in which these thoughts are presented.Lestrade (talk) 12:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)Lestrade