Ruskin is one of the most influential and exhilarating writers in English. Art critic, architectural visionary,social reformer, climate warner and incomparable teacher; Ruskin's words not only transformed VictorianEngland but speak to us with increasing urgency today. This, the first general introduction to Ruskinfor many years, places him in the social, economic and aesthetic world of Victorian Britain that hetransformed - and shows how this transformation has much to teach us today. The extensive illustrationsrange from private notes and lecture diagrams to presentation drawings, including some of the mostbeautiful images of the nineteenth century and many never before published. Published in association with the Ruskin Foundation.