John Ruskin is the creator of modern art criticism. Without acquaintance with his works, it is almost impossible to fully understand all the specifics of world art, because it was Ruskin who laid the foundations for the method of acquaintance with the greatest works of painting, literature and nature itself.With the help of this book, the reader can feel like a listener in the front row of the Oxford Lecture Hall, on the podium of which John Ruskin rises.Here the reader will find the legendary "Lectures on Art" - the most significant, according to the author, work in the life of Ruskin, in which he outlined a new methodology of analysis art. In Ruskin's works, art is inextricably linked with morality, religion, nature and human life in general.In addition, the reader will also find lectures titled "Sesame and Lilies" that have not been published in Russian for more than a hundred years. In this cycle, Ruskin talks about the golden rules of reading, education and literature, as well as the advent of a new humanistic period in history, when the role of the individual in society is changing and women and their art come to the fore, showing true values to the whole world. The book is accompanied by an introductory article by Alexander Markov.