| The word Praeterita, a Latin term meaning 'Things gone over' or 'Gone past', was chosen by the John Ruskin as the title of his autobiography. The book was left incomplete at the time of his death in 1900. |
John Riddy: The Spring of Wandel |
John Riddy:The Simplon |
John Riddy's Praeterita is a series of photographs suggested by the autobiography of John Ruskin. The exhibition toured in 2000 as part of the programme of events which marked the centenary of Ruskin's death. |
| The Ruskin School of Drawing (now Oxford University's Department of Fine Art), was established by Ruskin at the University of Oxford in the 1870's to provide a training for the hand and eye that would also shape the mind. The School commissioned John Riddy to produce a new body of work about the spaces and objects which helped its founder make sense of the world around him |
John Riddy:The Grande Chartreuse |
John Riddy: Velan
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In keeping with the Department's primary objective - to offer to the highest possible standard a liberal education in which the practice and study of fine art is valued - the project carries forward Ruskin's well-documented and vocal support for the art of his age. |
