 I think, the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and, if so, the noblest certainly ever painted by man, is that of the Slave Ship, the chief Academy picture of the Exhibition of 1840.  Selections and Essays - Page 39by John Ruskin - 1918 - 423 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ruskin - 1857 - 502 pages
...nature. § 39. Turner's But, I think, the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and, the painThig ' ^ so, the noblest certainly ever painted by man, is that of the open scthl'the Slave SlliP' the cllief Academy picture of the Exhibition of 1840. Slave Ship. It is... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 454 pages
...could exceed the critical violence with which it was attacked. " But," says Mr. Ruskin, " I think, the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and...noblest, certainly, ever painted by man, is that of the Slaveship. It is a sunset on the Adriatic, after prolonged storm ; but the storm is partially lulled,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 424 pages
...noblest, certainly, ever painted by man, is that of the Slaveship. It is a sunset on the Adriatic, after prolonged storm ; but the storm is partially lulled, and the torn and streaming rain clouds are moving in scarlet lines to lose themselves in the hollow of the night. The whole surface... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1862 - 446 pages
...following I cannot pass by, especially as I have not myself seen the picture alluded to. " But I think the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and...storm is partially lulled, and the torn and streaming rain clouds are moving in scarlet lines to lose themselves in the hollow of the night. The wh*ole surface... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1862 - 810 pages
...following I cannot pass by, especially as I have not myself seen the picture alluded to. " But I think the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and...storm is partially lulled, and the torn and streaming rain clouds are moving in scarlet lines to lose themselves in the hollow of the night. The whole surface... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...of the measureless line where the Campagna melted into the blaze of the sea. THE SLAVE-SHIP. I THINK the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and,...certainly ever painted by man, is that of the Slave Ship. It is a sunset on the Atlantic, after prolonged storm ; but the storm is partially lulled, and the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...the noblest lessons of nature. — MP i. Pt. ii. sec. 5, ch. iii. § 38. THE SLAVE SHIP. — I think, the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and,...is a sunset on the Atlantic, after prolonged storm -f but the storm is partially lulled, and the torn and streaming rain-clouds are moving in scarlet... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1888 - 990 pages
...Again I italicize the passages to which I wish to call attention as demanding analysis and criticism. " It is a sunset on the Atlantic after prolonged storm...streaming rain-clouds are moving in scarlet lines to Jose themselves in the hollow of the night. The whole surface of the sea included in the picture is... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1873 - 500 pages
...ei"f ^ so, the noblest certainly ever painted by man, is that of the i681ii™ Slave Ship, the enief Academy picture of the Exhibition of 1840. It is a...torn and streaming rain-clouds are moving in scarlet Hues to lose themselves in the hollow of the night. The whole surface of sea included in the picture... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...multitu'dinous, very in rotation. floating in the atmo- numerous, sphere. H.—THE SLAVE-SHIP. 1. I THINK the noblest sea that Turner has ever painted, and,...noblest certainly ever painted by man, is that of tho Slave-Ship. It is a sunset on the Atlantic, after prolonged storm; but the storm is partially lulled,... | |
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