 ... but it is, nevertheless, nothing more than language, and all those excellences which are peculiar to the painter as such, are merely what rhythm, melody, precision and force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness,...  The Complete Works of John Ruskin - Page 76by John Ruskin - 1891Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 574 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and tie poet^-^Bpc^ssary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...painter or the, writer is to be finally determined. it. ,i..(in .«. Jijjj'mi i-ai-nl " Speaking with strict propriety, therefore, we should call :i man... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1857 - 502 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the • tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...painter or the writer is to be finally determined. §3."Painter," Speaking with strict propriety, therefore, we should call a man ntermcorre- ' r *, spending... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1859 - 496 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...propriety, therefore, we should call a man a great pointer only as he excelled in precision and force in the language of lines, and a great versifier,... | |
 | Peter Bayne - Authors, English - 1860 - 432 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...painter or the writer is to be finally determined." The nature of Ruskin's system of criticism will manifestly depend upon the meaning he attaches to the... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1867 - 502 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...man a great painter only as he excelled in precision anu force in the language of lines, and a great versifier, as he excelled in precision or force in... | |
 | 1868 - 970 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...painter or the writer is to be finally determined. . . . Take, for instance, one of the most perfect poems or pictures (I use the words as synonymous)... | |
 | Theology - 1868 - 396 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet; necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...painter or the writer is to be finally determined." " It is not, however, always easy, either in painting or literature, to determine where the influence... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - Aesthetics - 1872 - 500 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...man a great painter only as he excelled in precision ana force in the language of lines, and a great versifier, as he excelled in precision or force in... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 pages
...force are in the words of the orator and the poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...man a great painter only as he excelled in precision ana force in the language of lines, and a great versifier, as he excelled in precision or force in... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1875 - 472 pages
...and force are, in the words of the orator and poet, necessary to their greatness, but not the tests of their greatness. It is not by the mode of representing...the respective greatness either of the painter or writer is to be finally determined It is not, however, always easy, either in painting or literature,... | |
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