Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5) Papyras Classics

Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5)

by John Ruskin

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Contents

  1. Preface to the First Edition
  2. Preface to the Second Edition
  3. Preface to the Third Edition
  4. Preface to New Edition (1873)
  5. Section I. Of the Nature of the Ideas Conveyable by Art
  6. Section II. Of Power
  7. Section I. General Principles Respecting Ideas of Truth
  8. Section II. Of General Truths
  9. Section III. Of Truth of Skies
  10. Section IV. Of Truth of Earth
  11. Section V. Of Truth of Water
  12. Section VI. Of Truth of Vegetation.—Conclusion
  13. Chapter I. Introductory
  14. Chapter II. Definition of Greatness in Art
  15. Chapter III. Of Ideas of Power
  16. Chapter IV. Of Ideas of Imitation
  17. Chapter V. Of Ideas of Truth
  18. Chapter VI. Of Ideas of Beauty
  19. Chapter VII. Of Ideas of Relation
  20. Chapter I. General Principles Respecting Ideas of Power
  21. Chapter II. Of Ideas of Power, as They Are Dependent Upon Execution
  22. Chapter III. Of the Sublime
  23. Chapter I. Of Ideas of Truth in Their Connection with Those of Beauty and Relation
  24. Chapter II. That the Truth of Nature Is Not to Be Discerned by the Uneducated Senses
  25. Chapter III. Of the Relative Importance of Truths:—First, That Particular Truths Are More Important Than General Ones
  26. Chapter IV. Of the Relative Importance of Truths:—Secondly, That Rare Truths Are More Important Than Frequent Ones
  27. Chapter V. Of the Relative Importance of Truths:—Thirdly, That Truths of Color Are the Least Important of All Truths
  28. Chapter VI. Recapitulation
  29. Chapter VII. General Application of the Foregoing Principles
  30. Chapter I. Of Truth of Tone
  31. Chapter II. Of Truth of Color
  32. Chapter III. Of Truth of Chiaroscuro
  33. Chapter IV. Of Truth of Space:—First as Dependent on the Focus of the Eye
  34. Chapter V. Of Truth of Space:—Secondly, as Its Appearance Is Dependent on the Power of the Eye
  35. Chapter I. Of the Open Sky
  36. Chapter II. Of Truth of Clouds:—First, of the Region of the Cirrus
  37. Chapter III. Of Truth of Clouds:—Secondly, of the Central Cloud Region
  38. Chapter IV. Of Truth of Clouds: Thirdly, of the Region of the Rain-Cloud
  39. Chapter V. Effects of Light Rendered by Modern Art
  40. Chapter I. Of General Structure
  41. Chapter II. Of the Central Mountains
  42. Chapter III. Of the Inferior Mountains
  43. Chapter IV. Of the Foreground
  44. Chapter I. Of Water, as Painted by the Ancients
  45. Chapter II. Of Water, as Painted by the Moderns
  46. Chapter III. Of Water, as Painted by Turner
  47. Chapter I. Of Truth of Vegetation
  48. Chapter II. General Remarks Respecting the Truth of Turner
  49. Chapter III. Conclusion.—Modern Art and Modern Criticism
  50. Postscript

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