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Art and Architecture in Society: Production and Reproduction in Historical Contexts. John Ruskin and Charles Jencks represent different historical conceptions of art and architecture. Ruskin was in the Victorian-age of England, and Jencks is in the more erratic eclecticism of the 20th century. Each critic offers particular views on the role of the artist in relation to society, however Ruskin's can be understood as one that desires to control the artist, and Jencks recognizes that art is invariably a free expression of the individual. The responsibility is thus different: Ruskin believes the artist is responsible to society, and Jencks believes that society has a responsibility to the artist, in that artists represent a challenge to public perspectives, and this challenge is always reflective of social change. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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