Ocupation: Art critic
Life: February 8, 1819 - January 20, 1900
Birthday: February 8
Death: January 20
Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.
source: John Ruskin (1888). “Modern Painters (Complete)”, p.743, Library of Alexandria
topic: Beauty, Light, Shadow, Foils, Deprived, Health Beauty