John Ruskin was a prominent art critic during the late 1900's who held in great esteem the academic art of the period. His works are a good illustration of the generally held attitudes of that period, but he was on the wrong side of the notion of abstraction that began to take root in Paris. Further reading: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/turn...
I liked how he challenged our edge-detection NN in lesson 3. With a gray paper, it is possible to use a dark and white pencils, making 2D looks like 3D.
He does it again in lesson 8, drawing some leaves.
[+] [-] magetathelion|10 years ago|reply
[+] [-] wodenokoto|10 years ago|reply
The stuff you linked to is from the 1800s.
Maybe you meant 19th century?
[+] [-] byroniczero|10 years ago|reply
[+] [-] marcolinux|10 years ago|reply