Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2009-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 1009 Ruskin, John 1819 1900 Ruskin, J. (John) Modern Painters, Volume 2 (of 5) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Painters Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Marius Borror and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Modern Painters, Volume 2" by John Ruskin is a philosophical treatise on art, aesthetics, and the nature of beauty written in the mid-19th century. The volume delves into the concepts of the theoretic and imaginative faculties, exploring how they pertain to the perception of beauty in art and nature. Ruskin asserts that art is not merely a pastime but a serious pursuit that engages deep moral and intellectual responsibilities. At the start, Ruskin reflects on the importance and difficulty of appreciating beauty, emphasizing that art requires careful and earnest study. He discusses the degradation of art in contemporary society, criticizing the utilitarian view that measures value through practical applications alone. Ruskin differentiates between practical arts, which serve immediate utility, and theoretical arts, which reflect and elevate human perception and understanding of beauty. He argues that understanding beauty demands a moral and emotional engagement that transcends mere sensory pleasure. Overall, this opening sets the stage for a profound exploration of the moral dimensions of art and the profound connection between human experience and the divine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 41.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Aesthetics Painting ND Text Category: Art Category: Philosophy & Ethics 691773 2025-08-12T09:47:54.675397 text/html 683425 2009-09-04T09:21:22 text/html 770987 2025-08-12T09:48:06.912881 application/epub+zip 779624 2025-08-12T09:47:58.723423 application/epub+zip 313836 2025-08-12T09:47:56.967425 application/epub+zip 1063723 2025-08-12T09:48:12.404814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1007308 2025-08-12T09:48:05.434851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523342 2022-09-14T03:32:40.890084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597934 2025-08-12T09:47:53.461472 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 595878 2009-09-04T09:21:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 597755 2009-09-04T09:27:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20355 2025-08-12T09:48:12.570818 application/rdf+xml 15113 2025-08-12T09:47:57.555385 image/jpeg 3750 2025-08-12T09:47:57.277385 image/jpeg 215775 2009-09-04T09:27:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 676494 2009-09-04T09:27:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 215771 2009-09-04T09:27:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 758336 2025-08-12T09:47:54.738418 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia