Table of Contents: “…The character of the Czech secession -- The first wave -- Teachers -- Fin de siècle melancholy -- Demands of modernity -- Emotional foundation -- Modern painters of the Mánes Association -- Third Czech secession -- Czech cubism -- Revival of symbolism -- Modernism in dire straits -- Cosmic inspirations and František Kupka.…”

Table of Contents: “…Piero's Parnassus of modern painters and poets /…”
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“…Penguin modern painters.…”

Table of Contents: “…Excerpts from "The modern painter's world" /…”
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Table of Contents: “…Paradise and madness: John Ruskin's life -- Turner and truth: Modern painters I -- Beauty and the imagination: Modern painters II -- The seven lamps of architecture -- Pre-Raphaelitism and the Edinburgh lectures -- Building blocks: The stones of Venice I -- Byzantium and the goths: The stones of Venice II -- The trouble with the Renaissance: The stones of Venice III -- Return to Venice -- The varieties of art: Modern painters III -- Depicting the cosmos: Modern painters IV -- The rose and the worm: Modern painters V -- The political economy of art and other critical matters -- University with a difference: the Oxford lectures -- From Tuscany to the Somme -- Back to England again -- Conclusion: final public letters, last look at a life.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Modern painters of many things -- v. 6. Modern painters of mountain beauty -- v. 7. …”

Table of Contents: “…The human condition: six modern painters reinvent reality / Elena Crippa -- An intensification of reality / Catherine Lampert.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Seven lamps of architecture.--v. 2-6. Modern painters.--v. 7-9. Stones of Venice.--v. 10. …”

Table of Contents: “…List of illustrations and tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Theory -- Experimental and conceptual innovators -- Archetypes -- Planning, working, and stopping -- Innovation and age: old masters and young geniuses -- Artists, scholars, and art scholars -- 2: Measurement -- Quantifying artistic success -- Prices -- Textbook illustrations -- Examples: Ten important modern painters -- Retrospective exhibitions -- Examples: Ten important American painters -- Museum collections -- Museum exhibition -- Measuring careers -- 3: Extensions -- Spectrum of approaches -- Can artists change? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Writing on the image : how we write and how we might write / David Latham -- (Dis)continuities : Arthur's Tomb, Modern Painters, and Morris's early wallpaper designs / D.M.R. …”
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