Please find below the readings for the study on beauty. You will find these texts on our website, http://www.ruskinartclub.org, in the Resources tab, under Works of Ruskin. Pdfs of the Library Edition (LE) of Ruskin's works are available there; the volume numbers are given below (page numbers match the pagination of the text not the online pdf.)
SESSION ONE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 10-11:30AM STUDY SESSION: RUSKIN ON BEAUTY #1
1. Beauty as Experience (Truth):
Praeterita LE 35:310-311 (par. 73); 312-315 (par. 75-77)
Modern Painters II LE 4:363-364
2. The Problem of the Picturesque
Modern Painters III: 5:193-200 (chapter XI)
Modern Painters IV: 6:16-20 (par. 10-12, with note on 20)
3. Typical and Vital Beauty
Modern Painters II: LE 4:42-50 Theoretic Faculty
Modern Painters II: LE 4:76-81; 87-91 Typical Beauty
Modern Painters II: LE 4:146-156 (end of par. 7); 161-162 Vital Beauty
STUDY SESSION: RUSKIN ON BEAUTY #2: SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 10-11:30AM