John Ruskin
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: September 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781417947539
Subjects: Biography: general; Literary; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography / Literary
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).