Modern Painters: Their Superiority in the Art of Landscape Painting to All the Ancient Masters, Proved by Examples of the True, the Beautiful, and the Intellectual From the Works of Modern Artists, Es

A classic work of art criticism, this volume provides evidence of the superiority of modern landscape painters to their ancient predecessors. John Ruskin examines the works of J.M.W. Turner and other contemporary artists to argue that their art is not only beautiful, but also intellectually and morally superior to the landscapes painted by the ancients.

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