Ruskin and South Kensington: contrasting approaches to art education.

The article discusses the contribution of writer John Ruskin to art education and training in Great Britain and the differences of his methods to that of government-sponsored art training system called South Kensington managed by Henry Cole. Topics include the claim by Robert Hewison that Ruskin's style was imaginative and romantic anti-capitalist while Cole's was rational and utilitarian, as well as Ruskin's training under Charles Runciman and Copley Fielding.