The Influence of John Ruskin on the Teaching of Drawing in Brazil: How His Spatial Way of Thinking Affects Architecture and Painting

131 Pages·2011·7.68 MB·English

by  Claudio Silveira Amaral

THE INFLUENCE OF JOHN RUSKIN
ON THE TEACHING OF DRAWING
IN BRAZIL
THE INFLUENCE OF JOHN RUSKIN
ON THE TEACHING OF DRAWING
IN BRAZIL
How His Spatial Way of Thinking
Affects Architecture and Painting
Claudio Silveira Amaral
With a Foreword by
Nilson Ghirardello
The Edwin Mellen Press
LewistonoQueenston-Lampeter
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicatioD Data
Amaral, Claudio Silveira.
The influence of John Ruskin on the teaching of drawing in Brazil : how his
spatial way of thinking affects architecture and painting I Claudio Silveira
Amaral ; with a foreword by Nilson Ghirardello.
p.em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7734-1573-7 (hardcover)
ISBN-I0: 0-7734-1573-4 (hardcover)
1. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900-Aesthetics. 2. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900-
Influence. 3. Drawing-Study and teaching-Brazil-Rio de Janeiro. 4. Liceu de
Artes e Ofidos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) I. Title.
PRS267.A35A43 2011
741.071'08153-dc23
2011039195
horsserie.
A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.
Front cover: Cultural Hall of Rio de Janiero, Rua La\<Tlldio with Rua Rela~
Photo taken by C. Amaral in 2011
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT i
FOREWORD by Nilson Ghirardello iii
INTRODUCTION 1
JOHN RUSKIN'S IDEAS 15
Nature 15
Painting 21
Ruskinian Architecture 29
The Laws of Architecture 31
Sacrifice 31
The Truth of Architecture 31
The Truth of Structure 31
The Ruskinian Architectural Aesthetic 35
The Truth of Materials 41
The History of Ruskinian Architecture 43
JOHN RUSKIN AND THE TEACHING
OF DRAWING IN BRAZIL 57
The Liceu de Artes e Oficios do Rio de Janeiro 63
Rui Barbosa and John Ruskin 73
REFERENCES 85
INDEX 91

LIST OF PLATES
1- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires Street, n° 307.
Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
2- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Visconde de Rio Branco Street,
n° 63. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
3- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Passos Street, n 48. Photo
taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
4- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Passos Street n° 48. Photo
taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
5- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Senado Street n° 47 to 49.
Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
6- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Uruguaiana Street with
Ouvidor Street. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
7- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Uruguaina Street with Sete de
Setembro Street. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
8- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Lavradio Street n° 34. Photo
taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
9- Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Republica do Libano Street n°
13. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
10-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Constituiyao Street nO 41.
Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
11-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Visconde do Rio Branco Street
with Invalidos Street. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
12-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Gomes Freire Street
nO 151. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
13-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Lavradio Street nO 32. Photo
taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
14-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Gomes Freire Street n° 248.
Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
15-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Lavradio Street with Rel~ao
Street. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
16-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Lavradio Street with Relayao
Street. Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
17-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Passos Street n° 36. Photo
taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
18-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires Street n° 217.
Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
19-Cultural Hall of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires Street nO 238.
Photo taken by Claudio Amaral in 2011.
ABSTRACT
Most historians of Modem Architecture see John
Ruskin as a neo-Gothic who is against industry and whose
writings are isolated from daily life. Here this aspect of
Ruskin's work is seen as part of his logic of composition,
making him an eclectic rather than a neo-Gothic, not anti
industry, but rather a supporter of cooperative work.
Thus it is possible to locate Ruskin's influence on the very first
industrial project in Brazil, the policy of drawing education by
Rui Barbosa and the Liceu de Artes e Oficios do Rio de
Janeiro.