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Explore the art and ideas of artist, writer and radical thinker John Ruskin. Exhibitions, events and news: https://xitter.cf/t.co/TlHvzrZgT6

 Lancaster, UK
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Joined August 2014
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1/6 Don’t miss our new exhibition in partnership with Brantwood, ‘Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin’, which is now open in the Blue Gallery, Brantwood. #Minerals #Geology #Ruskin #NewExhibition
Photograph of a ruby on a blue background. Text says "Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin".

ALT Photograph of a ruby on a blue background. Text says "Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin".

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1/5 In The Laws of Fésole, John Ruskin introduces his concept of ‘The Twelve Zodiacal Colours’. These special colours are arranged in a circle of alternating wildflowers and gemstones.
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4/5 Link to document: the-ruskin.co.uk/wp-content/…   Ruskin’s collection is reunited in a new exhibition, ‘Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin’, co-curated by Professor Sandra Kemp, The Ruskin and Howard Hull, Brantwood.
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5/5 Bibliography:  -John Ruskin, ‘Of the Twelve Zodiacal Colours’, The Laws of Fésole, Part II-III, 1878   - John Ruskin, Deucalion: Collected Studies of the Lapse of Waves, and Life of Stones, George Allen, 1879  #Minerals #Geology #Ruskin #Museum #Exhibition
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We are delighted that ‘An A-Z of Beatrix Potter’ by MA Programme Leader, @DrPennyBradshaw, is the winner of the Wordsworth Prize for Literature and Poetry at the Lakeland Book of the Year awards 2026, and was also runner up for the overall Lakeland Book of the Year 📚🍃
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Join MA programme leader @DrPennyBradshaw in Ambleside on Friday 17 July at 2pm for a bespoke tour of her book tie-in exhibition @ArmittMuseum: ‘An A-Z of Beatrix Potter’. See here for details and to book: armitt.com/event-directory/
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1/4 As a young man, John Ruskin visited the home of the poet and collector Samuel Rogers, amongst whose prize possessions were some jewelled bindings of sacred texts.
A jewelled binding of a medieval manuscript, with ivory panel centre showing crucifixion, surrounded by intaglios and gemstones, set in worked metal.

ALT A jewelled binding of a medieval manuscript, with ivory panel centre showing crucifixion, surrounded by intaglios and gemstones, set in worked metal.

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3/4 An openness to universal values of sacredness represented by the treasures of the earth, surrounding the teaching of the Gospels, was the basis of Ruskin's faith.  Image: Rylands Library, Latin MS 5 ©John Rylands Library, Special Collections, University of Manchester
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4/4 Discover this jewelled binding in a new exhibition, ‘Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin’, at Brantwood, from 3 July to 25 October 2026. It reunites minerals, manuscripts, letters and drawings, and is co-curated by The Ruskin and Brantwood.
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John Ruskin’s love of geology and minerology was bound with his interest in art and close observation. ‘There are no natural objects out of which more can be thus learned than out of stones’, he wrote, for stones rewarded patient observation.
Painting of a diamond, with handwritten label 'Ruskin's "St George's" Diamond', real size, WGC 1884

ALT Painting of a diamond, with handwritten label 'Ruskin's "St George's" Diamond', real size, WGC 1884

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In turn, accurate drawing contributed to science. Ruskin was amongst the first artists to portray the geological anatomy of landscape. Drawing offered ‘a power of notation and description greater in most instances than that of words.’
Sketch of two stones by John Ruskin (no date)

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Ruskin’s minerals, manuscripts, letters and drawings are reunited in a new exhibition, ‘Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin’, co-curated by The Ruskin and Brantwood, Ruskin’s Lake District home. Explore ‘Treasures of the Earth’ from 3 July to 25 October 2026.
Exhibition Poster, dark blue background with central image of pink ruby. Text reads 'Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin', 3 July- 25 October 2026 Blue Gallery, Brantwood

ALT Exhibition Poster, dark blue background with central image of pink ruby. Text reads 'Treasures of the Earth: The Mineral World of John Ruskin', 3 July- 25 October 2026 Blue Gallery, Brantwood

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In 1884, John Ruskin was invited to visit Somerville College, a newly formed Ladies College at University of Oxford. Madeleine Shaw Lefevre was its first Principal. Ruskin became a supporter and benefactor, gifting paintings and geological specimens to the College.
Two images side by side. The left image is a painted portrait of a woman sat in a chair wearing a long black dress with white collar and sleeve cuffs. The image on the right is a piece of jewellery (the 'regalia') like a brooch inside an open jewellery box resting on purple velvet.

ALT Two images side by side. The left image is a painted portrait of a woman sat in a chair wearing a long black dress with white collar and sleeve cuffs. The image on the right is a piece of jewellery (the 'regalia') like a brooch inside an open jewellery box resting on purple velvet.

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#Minerals #Geology #Exhibition #Ruskin #Museum #Regalia @RuskinsFriends @NHM_London @SomervilleOx @TheJohnRylands @RuskinArtClub
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Works pictured: Principal’s Regalia, gifted by John Ruskin, Courtesy of the Principal and Fellows, Somerville College, University of Oxford. George Percy Jacomb-Hood, Madeleine Shaw-Lefevre, 1890, Courtesy of the Principal and Fellows, Somerville College, University of Oxford.
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