John Ruskin and his eclectic way of thinking

• Grant number: 12/07894-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: December 01, 2012
• End date: March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Principal Investigator: Claudio Silveira Amaral
• Grantee: Claudio Silveira Amaral
• Host Investigator: Stephen Wildman
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura, Artes e Comunicação (FAAC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Bauru. Bauru , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Lancaster University, England

Abstract

John Ruskin ecletic way of thinking pressumes an internal logic to all subjects treated by Ruskin. This logic is his "law of help". Seeing his work threw this angle it is possible to identify his influence in Brasils first industrial project. (AU)