Ruskin exposed “the ugliness of an industrial world, the selfishness of an economic order.” Expound and illustrate.

Ruskin was born and brought up in an industrial age which saw the rapid emergence of factories and mills. The cottage industries were replaced by machine-led mills. The green pastures, gardens and open fields were pushed into background and new industrial colonies were taking their place. The obvious result was that instead of fresh air and beauties of natural landscape, the smoky, filthy and