The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland ca. 1866 John Ruskin British When the celebrated Victorian critic and amateur painter Ruskin first saw the Alps in 1833, he responded to them as sublime records of divine creation and scientifically relevant geologic formations. A later journey produced this image, in which sunlit trees at left contrast with steep, shaded rows of pines at right. Ethereal blue washes form a haze that envelops distant peaks, while nearby slopes are articulated using dry brushwork over fluid passages of wash, with ink applied to describe trees and tiny buildings. Ruskin may have sought this vantage point from Unspunnen Castle in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, near Interlaken, because of Lord Byrons well-known poem "Manfred," which mentions the site. This watercolor came to the Museum from trustee George Dupont Pratt.. The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. John Ruskin (British, London 1819-1900 Brantwood, Cumbria). ca. 1866. Watercolor, gouache (bodycolor), pen and

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The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland ca. 1866 John Ruskin British When the celebrated Victorian critic and amateur painter Ruskin first saw the Alps in 1833, he responded to them as sublime records of divine creation and scientifically relevant geologic formations. A later journey produced this image, in which sunlit trees at left contrast with steep, shaded rows of pines at right. Ethereal blue washes form a haze that envelops distant peaks, while nearby slopes are articulated using dry brushwork over fluid passages of wash, with ink applied to describe trees and tiny buildings. Ruskin may have sought this vantage point from Unspunnen Castle in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, near Interlaken, because of Lord Byrons well-known poem "Manfred," which mentions the site. This watercolor came to the Museum from trustee George Dupont Pratt.. The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. John Ruskin (British, London 1819-1900 Brantwood, Cumbria). ca. 1866. Watercolor, gouache (bodycolor), pen and

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