Who created "Street in Bologna"?

Street in Bologna was created by John Ruskin in 1845.

Street in Bologna

Q: What medium is "Street in Bologna"?

Street in Bologna is Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash and white gouache, over graphite, on gray wove paper.

John Ruskin

1845

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash and white gouache, over graphite, on gray wove paper

Dimensions

22.8 × 16.3 cm (9 × 6 7/16 in.)

Classification

ink or chalk wash

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

35619

About the Artist

John Ruskin

Ruskin was the most important British architectural critic of the nineteenth century. While still an undergraduate, Ruskin contributed a number of articles on "The Poetry of Architecture" under the nom de plume of Kata Phusin to J. C. Loudon's "Architectural Magazine." He was appointed first Slade Professor at Oxford University in 1868. He is the author of "The Stones of Venice."

Street in Bologna

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