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Painting of the day
Professor Michael Wheeler gave a fascinating lecture about some of the Italian paintings described by John Ruskin after his visits to that country in the 1840s. One was this depiction of the Marriage in Cana by Giotto in 1305. This is the first miracle i from Winchester Whisperer Read more »
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Richard Bangs: Bring Adventure Back to Europe
A Keynote to The European Travel Commission, May 2013 I once ran with the bulls of Pamplona... by mistake, involuntarily. I was at Microsoft, where we were developing a new travel product that would become Expedia, and we had the idea to use a new web te from The Huffington Post Read more »
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'Masterpiece' church spire at risk
11 May 2013 Last updated at 10:06 ET Rector Christopher Andrews said the spire is a national landmark A church spire atop what has been described as "the finest steeple in England" needs repairs to prevent it falling down. Victorian art critic John Ruski from BBC News Read more »
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Her Feet of Clay
“Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless—peacocks and lilies, for instance.”—John Ruskin “Come on then, spill. Tits out—or tits up?” ” … Let’s be honest, if she was an oil painting, she was a Picasso.” I tutted. “I try n from The Good Men Project Read more »
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Bishop Edward King chapel, Ripon College – review
There is a view of architecture that it is religion by other means. The standard histories used to be dominated by churches and temples, and ideas on the subject have been shaped by proselytisers such as John Ruskin and Le Corbusier, whose books sound li from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
