Published to accompany the exhibition at Tate Britain, London from 9 March to 28 May 2000.

In 1851 John Ruskin came to the defense of the young artists of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by writing two letters to the Times refuting wide-spread criticis

England's greatest artist J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is explored in this lecture by one of Turner's staunchest supporters, the art critic John Ruskin.