The study of Ruskin's work and influence is now a feature of several critical disciplines. New Approaches to Ruskin, first published in 1981, reflects this, gathering some of the most distinguished writers on Ruskin and joining them with others who have undertaken significant research in the field of Ruskin studies. This book is ideal for students of art history.

Editor's Preface; A Note on the References; Chapter 1 Ruskin's Testament of his Boyhood Faith: Sermons on the Pentateuch, Van Akin Burd; Chapter 2 Ruskin and the 'Ancient Masters' in Modern Painters, Patrick Conner; Chapter 3 Ruskin, the Workman and the Savageness of Gothic, John Unrau; Chapter 4 'Rust and Dust': Ruskin's Pivotal Work, Nick Shrimpton; Chapter 5 Ruskin and Political Economy: Unto this last, Alan Lee; Chapter 6 Ruskin as Victorian Sage: The Example of 'Traffic', George P. Landow; Chapter 7 Towards the Labyrinth: Ruskin's Lectures as Slade Professor of Art, John Hayman; Chapter 8 Ruskin's Benediction: A Reading of Fors Clavigera, John D. Rosenberg; Chapter 9 Ruskin and the Science of Proserpina, Dinah Birch; Chapter 10 A Stone of Ruskin's Venice, David-Everett Blythe; Chapter 11 Political Questing: Ruskin, Morris and Romance, Jeffrey L. Spear; Chapter 12 Ruskin, Fors Clavigera and Ruskinism, 1870-1900, Brian Maidment; Chapter 13 Afterword: Ruskin and the Institutions, Robert Hewison;