The Whitworth_THE ARCHITECTURE OF POLITICS Summary: One of the key reasons why John Ruskin struggled so much with the idea of ‘art for art’s sake’ - the idea that art should occupy its own world, always remaining at one remove from society – is that he wanted art to be political. Type: News item Owner: Whitworth Art Gallery   Contact email: robertkparkinson@gmail.com Last modified: 10/04/2019 Link to this document: https://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=42617 Edit (only Administrators)