Modern Painters - Volume I

Modern Painters - Volume I

John Ruskin, English art critic of the Victorian era (1819-1900)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- Preface To The First Edition

- Preface To The Second Edition

- Preface To The Third Edition

- Preface To New Edition 1873

- Part I. Of General Principles

- Section I. Of The Nature Of The Ideas Conveyable By Art

- Chapter I. Introductory

- Chapter Ii. Definition Of Greatness In Art

- Chapter Iii. Of Ideas Of Power

- Chapter Iv. Of Ideas Of Imitation

- Chapter V. Of Ideas Of Truth

- Chapter Vi. Of Ideas Of Beauty

- Chapter Vii. Of Ideas Of Relation

- Section Ii.of Power

- Chapter I. General Principles Respecting Ideas Of Power

- Chapter Ii. Of Ideas Of Power As They Are Dependent Upon Execution

- Chapter Iii. Of The Sublime

- Part Ii. Of Truth

- Section I. General Principles Respecting Ideas Of Truth

- Chapter I. Of Ideas Of Truth In Their Connection With Those Of Beauty And Relation

- Chapter Ii. That The Truth Of Nature Is Not To Be Discerned By The Uneducated Senses

- Chapter Iii. Of The Relative Importance Of Truths

- Chapter Iv. Of The Relative Importance Of Truths

- Chapter V. Of The Relative Importance Of Truths

- Chapter Vi. Recapitulation

- Chapter Vii. General Application Of The Foregoing Principles

- Section Ii. Of General Truths

- Chapter I. Of Truth Of Tone

- Chapter Ii. Of Truth Of Color

- Chapter Iii. Of Truth Of Chiaroscuro

- Chapter Iv. Of Truth Of Space

- Chapter V. Of Truth Of Space

- Section Iii. Of Truth Of Skies

- Chapter I. Of The Open Sky

- Chapter Ii. Of Truth Of Clouds

- Chapter Iii. Of Truth Of Clouds

- Chapter Iv. Of Truth Of Clouds

- Chapter V. Effects Of Light Rendered By Modern Art

- Section Iv. Of Truth Of Earth

- Chapter I. Of General Structure

- Chapter Ii. Of The Central Mountains

- Chapter Iii. Of The Inferior Mountains

- Chapter Iv. Of The Foreground

- Section V. Of Truth Of Water

- Chapter I. Of Water, As Painted By The Ancients

- Chapter Ii. Of Water, As Painted By The Moderns

- Chapter Iii. Of Water, As Painted By Turner

- Section Vi. Of Truth Of Vegetation Conclusion

- Chapter I. Of Truth Of Vegetation

- Chapter Ii. General Remarks Respecting The Truth Of Turner

- Chapter Iii. Conclusion Modern Art And Modern Criticism

- Postscript