OHN RUSKIN H. M. CALDWELL CO., PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND BOSTON - - - - . . CONTENTS… PAINTING… … … PAGE Characteristics of greatness of style, … . . 3 I. Choice of noble subject, … … . 3 2. Love of Beauty, … … . . 5 g. Sincer. ity, … … . . 11 4. Invention, … … … . . 14 Historical Painting, … … … . 15 Hunts Light of the. World, … … … X7 Poetical Painting, ., … … … . 17 TheIdeal, … … … … . 22 The usesand abuses of imagination, … … 24 Compositions, … … … . 26 Raphaels Cartoon of the Charge to Peter, … . 29 Raphaels influence injurious to Christian Art, . . 30 The Transfiguration, -. -… … … 31 The histories of the Bible yet to be painted, … 37 Illustrated Bible, … … … … 39 Distinctive qualities in the minds of artists, … 42 Painting valuable as the vehicle of thought, … 45 Ideasof Power, . ., … … . 49 Ideas of Imitation, … … . . 50 Ideas of Truth, , , , … … 52 v CONTENTS. IdeasofBeauty… … … … . PA 5 G 5 E Ideas of Relation… … … … . 55 Burkes Theory of the Sublime… … . . 57 The Truths of Nature… … … . . 5 9 Anecdote from Mrs . Jameson… … … 6 0 Allrepetitionblamable… … … . . 62 Color less importantthan form… … . . 63 Landscapepainting… … … … 65 Titian and Tintoret… … … … 73 … … … . . The modern Italians. 73 The Flemish School… … … … 76 Chiaroscuro… … … … … 79 Tintorets Massacre of the Innocents… … 83 Tintorets Baptism of Christ. .… … . 8 6 The Ideal of Humanity… … … . . 8 7 Color… … … … … . . 8 8 A Sunset on the Campagna of Rome. . go Contrasted with an English sunset. . 91 Portrait Painting… … … … . 93 Taste for unfinished works… . . 97 Who decides on the merit of a picture 2 . . 101 Reynolds principles contrary to his practice… 105 A knowledge of rules cannot make a painter… 106 Anecdote of Haydn the hlusician… . 108 Great men choose historical subjects from the age in which they live… … … … 1 12 Imaginary portraits… … … … 1 14 Portrait of the Duke of Wellington… 120 Copying from the antique… … … . 1 21 Decorating Schools with pictures … … I23 Want of knowledge of the value of Paintings. . 130 LOSS o f valuable pictures… I31 The kinds of knowledge indispensable for an artist… 133 CONTENTS. POETRY . PAGE Distinction between a poetical and a historical statement… … … … … . 139 Byrons Lake of Geneva… … … . . 140 What is poetry . The functions of the . im . ag . ina . tion … … … … … . 1 1 4 4 4 3 Combination… … … … . 149 Composition… … … . a … 149 Analysis… … … … … 149 Action between the moral feelings and the imagination… … … … … . - 157 Imagination fed by external nature… … . 159 The supernatural… … . . - 161 Manifestations of spiritual being. m . e . . 161 The Greeks could not conceive of a spirit… 163 Bacon and Pascal… … … … . 166 Shakspeares universal grasp of nature… 168 No mountain passions were to be allowed inhim… 169 Proofs of Shakspeares greatness… 175 Pastoral poetry… … … … . 177 Waltons Angler… … … … . 178 Sternes Sentimental Journey… 179 Mrs . Radcliffe and Rousseau… … … 180 ScottsLadyoftheLake… … … . 18 1 Shelleyand Wordsmorth9 … … … 1 82 Walter Scott… … … … . . 183 The representative of the mind of the age in literature…
