Modern Painters Volume I (of V)

Modern Painters Volume I (of V)

John Ruskin

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Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by John Ruskin

Chapter 1 -Definition of Greatness in Art.

§ 1. Distinction between the painter's intellectual power and technical knowledge. 8

§ 2. Painting, as such, is nothing more than language. 8

§ 3. "Painter," a term corresponding to "versifier." 9

§ 4. Example in a painting of E. Landseer's. 9

§ 5. Difficulty of fixing an exact limit between language and thought. 9

§ 6. Distinction between decorative and expressive language. 10

§ 7. Instance in the Dutch and early Italian schools. 10

§ 8. Yet there are certain ideas belonging to language itself. 11

§ 9. The definition. 12

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Modern Painters Volume I (of V)
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Chapter 1 -Definition of Greatness in Art.

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Chapter 2 -General Principles respecting Ideas of Power.

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Chapter 3 -Of Ideas of Power, as they are dependent upon Execution.

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Chapter 4 -Of Ideas of Truth in their connection with those of Beauty and Relation.

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Chapter 5 -That the Truth of Nature is not to be discerned by the Uneducated Senses.

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Chapter 6 -Of the Relative Importance of Truths -First, that Particular Truths are more important than General Ones.

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Chapter 7 -Of the Relative Importance of Truths -Secondly, that Rare Truths are more important than Frequent Ones.

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Chapter 8 -Of the Relative Importance of Truths -Thirdly, that Truths of Color are the least important of all Truths.

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Chapter 9 -Recapitulation.

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Chapter 10 -Of Truth of Tone.

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Chapter 11 -Of Truth of Color.

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Chapter 12 -Of Truth of Chiaroscuro.

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Chapter 13 -Of Truth of Space -First, as Dependent on the Focus of the Eye.

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Chapter 14 -Of the Open Sky.

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Chapter 15 -Of Truth of Clouds -First, of the Region of the Cirrus.

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Chapter 16 -Of Truth of Clouds -Secondly, of the Central Cloud Region.

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Chapter 17 -Of Truth of Clouds -Thirdly, of the Region of the Rain-Cloud.

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Chapter 18 -Of General Structure.

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Chapter 19 -Of the Central Mountains.

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Chapter 20 -Of the Inferior Mountains.

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Chapter 21 -Of Water, as Painted by the Ancients.

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Chapter 22 -Of Water, as Painted by the Moderns.

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Chapter 23 -Of Truth of Vegetation.

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Chapter 24 -General remarks respecting the Truth of Turner.

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Chapter 25 INTRODUCTORY.

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Chapter 26 DEFINITION OF GREATNESS IN ART.

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Chapter 27 OF IDEAS OF POWER.

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Chapter 28 OF IDEAS OF IMITATION.

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Chapter 29 OF IDEAS OF TRUTH.

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Chapter 30 OF IDEAS OF BEAUTY.

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Chapter 31 GENERAL PRINCIPLES RESPECTING IDEAS OF POWER.

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Chapter 32 OF IDEAS OF POWER, AS THEY ARE DEPENDENT UPON EXECUTION.

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Chapter 33 OF IDEAS OF TRUTH IN THEIR CONNECTION WITH THOSE OF

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Chapter 34 THAT THE TRUTH OF NATURE IS NOT TO BE DISCERNED BY

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Chapter 35 OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTHS -FIRST, THAT

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Chapter 36 OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTHS -SECONDLY, THAT

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Chapter 37 OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTHS -THIRDLY, THAT

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Chapter 38 RECAPITULATION.

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Chapter 39 OF TRUTH OF TONE.

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Chapter 40 OF TRUTH OF COLOR.

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