John Ruskin
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Published: June 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781410214331
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; Biography: general; Literature: History & Criticism; Literary; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: On the publication of the first volume of Modern Painters, Sydney Smith, the acknowledged oracle of the Edinburgh Review and of cultured society, is reported to have declared that "it was a work of transcendent talent, presented the most original views, and the most elegant and powerful language, and would work a complete revolution in the world of taste" (Proeterita, ii. 165).