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    Reference 3574 (1874)
    Category Miscellaneous
    Author Ruskin, John
    Title Modern Painters. Vol 1 to 5 plus Index Vol. New Edition In Small Form.
    Publishing Information London, George Allen, 1897.
    Description 1897 Edition: An early work by John Ruskin, first published from 1843 to 1860, this being a new edition in small form. Volume I: Of General Principles, and of Truth, lxxii, 456 pages. Volume II: Of the Imaginative and Theoretic Faculties, xxviii, 285 pages. Volume III: Of Many Things, frontispiece with tissue overlay, xvi, 362 pages, plates 1 to 17. Volume IV: Of Mountain Beauty, frontispiece with tissue overlay, xii, 455 pages, plates 18 to 50 and illustrations. Volume V: Of Leaf Beauty-Of Cloud Beauty-Of Ideas of Relation, frontispiece, xvi, 398 pages, plates 51 to 87, illustrations in text. Last Volume: General Index, Bibliography, and Notes, v, 429 pages. Complete in six volumes. Original covers, top edge gilt other uncut. End papers age toned, contents clean. A very nice set. Ruskin began this endeavour when he was 24 years old, based upon material he collected in Switzerland in 1842.In this work Ruskin studies the art of modern painters. One argument he presents in Modern Painters is that the recent picturesque painters were superior in landscapes than the old masters.The second volume was influential in the early days of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, with Ruskin's discussion on symbolism in art expressed through nature.
    Price £225.00
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