# Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5) Author: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Genre: Category: Art Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29907 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Modern+Painters%2C+Volume+1+%28of+5%29+Ruskin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The work now laid before the public originated in indignation at the shallow and false criticism of the periodicals of the day on the works of the great living artist to whom it principally refers. It was intended to be a short pamphlet, reprobating the matter and style of those critiques, and pointing out their perilous tendency, as guides of public feeling. But, as point after point presented itself for demonstration, I found myself compelled to amplify what was at first a letter to the Editor of a Review, into something very like a treatise on art, to which I was obliged to give the more consistency and completeness, because it advocated opinions which, to the ordinary connoisseur, wil... ## Chapters - [Chapter 63](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/63/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 82](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/82/index.md) - [Chapter 80](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/80/index.md) - [Chapter 73](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/73/index.md) - [Chapter 65](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/65/index.md) - [Chapter 77](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/77/index.md) - [Chapter 72](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/72/index.md) - [Chapter 78](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/78/index.md) - [Chapter 87](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/87/index.md) - [Chapter 84](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/84/index.md) - [Chapter 76](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/76/index.md) - [Chapter 64](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/64/index.md) - [Chapter 69](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/69/index.md) - [Chapter 62](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/62/index.md) - [Chapter 70](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/70/index.md) - [Chapter 66](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/66/index.md) - [Chapter 71](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/71/index.md) - [Chapter 85](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/85/index.md) - [Chapter 81](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/81/index.md) - [Chapter 43](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/43/index.md) - [Chapter 55](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/55/index.md) - [Chapter 67](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/67/index.md) - [Chapter 54](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/54/index.md) - [Chapter 57](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/57/index.md) - [Chapter 86](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/86/index.md) - [Chapter 44](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/44/index.md) - [Chapter 75](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/75/index.md) - [Chapter 51](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/51/index.md) - [Chapter 83](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/83/index.md) - [Chapter 47](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/47/index.md) - [Chapter 45](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/45/index.md) - [Chapter 46](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/46/index.md) - [Chapter 50](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/50/index.md) - [Chapter 74](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/74/index.md) - [Chapter 59](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/59/index.md) - [Chapter 48](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/48/index.md) - [Chapter 58](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/58/index.md) - [Chapter 49](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/49/index.md) - [Chapter 52](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/52/index.md) - [Chapter 56](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/56/index.md) - [Chapter 60](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/60/index.md) - [Chapter 61](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/61/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 68](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/68/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 79](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/79/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/42/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 53](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/modern-painters-volume-1-of-5-29907/chapters/53/index.md)