Modern Painters

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Modern Painters is a multi-volume art criticism work by John Ruskin that passionately defends the truthfulness and moral value of modern landscape painting, especially that of J.M.W. Turner.

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Modern Painters canonical 4

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instanceOf art criticism book ⓘ
multi-volume work ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
advocates close observation of nature ⓘ
argues modern painters can surpass Old Masters in truth to nature ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Victorian art ⓘ
author John Ruskin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes academic classicism in art ⓘ
defends truthfulness of modern landscape painting ⓘ
discusses Old Masters ⓘ
contemporary landscape painters ⓘ
principles of beauty in nature ⓘ
emphasizes moral value of modern landscape painting ⓘ
expandedTo five volumes ⓘ
firstEditionFormat two volumes initially planned ⓘ
firstVolumePublicationYear 1843 ⓘ
genre art criticism ⓘ
hasCriticalReception highly influential in 19th-century Britain ⓘ
hasPart Modern Painters, Volume I ⓘ
Modern Painters, Volume II ⓘ
Modern Painters, Volume III ⓘ
Modern Painters, Volume IV ⓘ
Modern Painters, Volume V ⓘ
hasTheme relationship between art and morality ⓘ
truth to nature in art ⓘ
influenced Victorian aesthetics ⓘ
Victorian art criticism ⓘ
perception of J. M. W. Turner ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lastVolumePublicationYear 1860 ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
mainSubject aesthetics ⓘ
art theory ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
notableFor defense of modern landscape painters over Old Masters ⓘ
detailed analysis of J. M. W. Turner’s work ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 5 ⓘ
periodDiscussed 19th-century art ⓘ
placeOfPublicationOfFirstVolume London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publisherOfFirstVolume Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ
supportsArtist J. M. W. Turner ⓘ
targetAudience art critics ⓘ
artists ⓘ
educated general readers ⓘ
writtenBy John Ruskin ⓘ

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