Ruskin's Triangle-Neither Wealth nor Beauty but Life-
从浪漫主义视角统一解读拉斯金的经济与艺术理论,提出核心命题“既非财富亦非美,而是生命”,并论证“生命”概念及其三个方面与六个象征决定因素。
Most studies of Ruskin deal with his art theory and economic theory separately. This article intends to interpret his both discourses in a unified way from the viewpoint of Romanticism. While his economic theory is famously summarized in the thesis 'No Wealth but Life', the theory of art he worked on can be formalized as a thesis 'No Beauty but Life'. Thus we have a unified thesis 'Neither Wealth nor Beauty but Life', which may be called 'Ruskin's Triangle'. I argue that the concept of Life is vital for unified knowledge of Ruskin; it is identified with its three aspects (Capability, Composition, and Labour) and linked with its six symbolic determinants (Admiration, Hope, and Love; Air, Water and Earth).