John Ruskin 
The Eagle’s Nest (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 
Ten Lectures on the Relation of Natural Science to Art

Published in 1872, this volume collects ten lectures that Ruskin gave at Oxford University on the subject of the relation of the natural sciences to art—including, “The Function in Art of the Faculty called by the Greeks s???a, ” “The Relation of Wise Art to Wise Science, ” and “Introduction to Elementary Exercises in Historic Art: The Heraldic Ordinaries.”

About the author

John Ruskin (1819-1900) was an acclaimed English poet and artist, as well as an influential critic of art and society. He wrote on topics ranging from geology and botany to politics, architecture, art, and literature. Ruskin influenced the Gothic Revival and did much to popularize high art.