Modern painters / by John Ruskin ; edited and abridged by David Barrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

Contributor:

Barrie, David, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

xliv, 656 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1987.

Summary:

Ruskin, the Victorian-era British writer whose work had a profound influence on artists, art historians, and writers both during his life and after, wrote Modern Painters in five separate volumes published between 1843 and 1860. It is, among other things, an evaluation of individual painters, a religious statement, a discourse on nature, and a splendid example of Victorian prose style. The original text has been abridged into this one-volume edition, which preserves the essential points of Ruskin's argument and provides the modern reader with a satisfying sample of Ruskin's justly acclaimed prose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-648) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Modern painters.

ISBN:

039456846X

9780394568461

OCLC:

16646659

Online:

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