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100 1 _aRuskin, John,
_d1819-1900
245 1 0 _aFrondes Agrestes: Readings in 'Modern Painters'
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2010-01-22
508 _aEtext produced by Paul Murray, Chandra Friend and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net HTML file produced by David Widger
520 _a"Frondes Agrestes: Readings in 'Modern Painters'" by John Ruskin is a collection of selected readings drawn from Ruskin's own earlier work, "Modern Painters," and was compiled with the assistance of a close friend in the early 20th century. The text offers insights and discussions on art, nature, and beauty, reflecting the author's evolving thoughts and the principles of aesthetics, framed within the context of the natural world. The overall theme centers on the intrinsic relationship between art, human experience, and nature's beauty. The opening of this collection sets the stage with a preface that conveys Ruskin's rationale for revisiting his earlier writings. He explains his decision to present certain passages that resonated with his friend, believing that these selections would also be meaningful to broader audiences. He articulates his views on art and imagination, emphasizing the importance of savoring the beauty of nature and understanding the deeper truths that art can convey. The focus is on the nature of beauty, art's purpose, and the qualities that elevate taste, setting a philosophical tone for the explorations that follow in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aArt
653 _aPainting
700 1 _aBeever, Susanna,
_d1805-1893
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31045
999 _c71891
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