"For Ruskin, Turner was quite simply the only man who has ever given an entire transcript of the whole system of nature, and … the only perfect landscape painter whom the world has ever seen". Hmmm not quite! I think Turner was quite right to be wary of Ruskin's adoration.
I saw an exhibition of Turner's years ago but they were truly amazing paintings. Ruskin didn't like or dislike in small measures and I still not quite sure of his influence on Rossetti and Burne-Jones.
"For Ruskin, Turner was quite simply the only man who has ever given an entire transcript of the whole system of nature, and … the only perfect landscape painter whom the world has ever seen". Hmmm not quite! I think Turner was quite right to be wary of Ruskin's adoration.
ReplyDeleteI saw an exhibition of Turner's years ago but they were truly amazing paintings. Ruskin didn't like or dislike in small measures and I still not quite sure of his influence on Rossetti and Burne-Jones.
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