![]() Its main goal is thus to discuss the margin from the centre - drawing on its concomitance within study themes and subjects, ontological and epistemological positions, or research methodologies themselves. Eccentric Perspectives on Art is a multi-authored volume of collected essays that answer the challenge of thinking Art History, and the Arts in a broader sense, from a liminal point of view. I find that Archetypes can be explored in many ways-in song lyrics and saints’ biographies, in writings about compassion and helping others, in trickster figures, and in grotesque imagery. ![]() I started exploring Ruskin’s ideas on grotesques, and after over four decades the topic continues to attract me. I find the scholarship on these topics to be rich and thought-provoking, worth deeper exploration, as my extensive endnotes suggest. Jung’s and James Hillman’s depth psychology exploring archetypal images also relates to Ruskin’s ideas about fantasies and the fantastic, about dominant imaginative ideas that predate the term “archetype.” Furthermore, Ruskin’s interest in the Gothic in architecture and other areas gave me incentive and curiosity to explore the Gothic style and today’s Goths. ![]() Ruskin recognized the vitality in spontaneous playfully weird images, like gargoyles and cartoons. In recent years I have been intrigued by Ruskin’s seminal work on the “grotesque.” His ideas fed into the modern arts of caricatures, the sketchiness and rough unfinished quality in modern paintings. ![]() I have a longstanding interest in John Ruskin’s writings about work and craftsmanship, which influenced Gandhi’s philosophy. ![]()
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