Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5)

"Modern Painters, Volume 1" by John Ruskin is a passionate exploration of art criticism from the 1800s. It's a book that argues for a more truthful and meaningful way of painting landscapes. Ruskin felt that many critics of his time weren't really understanding art, so he set out to defend artists who truly captured the beauty and reality of nature, especially someone named Turner. He believed that artists and critics had a responsibility to show the real beauty of the world; he's disappointed with most artists and how they just aren't connecting with nature on a deep level. Ruskin wants to change how people think about landscape painting, showing how it can be powerful and moving and influence the way we think and feel.