 | John Ruskin - Art - 1918 - 456 pages
...be said to be the ebullitions of genius; but at least he had this merit, that he never was insipid; and whatever passion his works may excite, they will...consideration is the sublimest style, particularly that of Michae.1 Angelo, the Homer of painting. Other kinds may admit of this naturalness, which of the lowest... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1928 - 312 pages
...be said to be the ebullitions of genius; but at least he had this merit, that he never was insipid, and whatever passion his works may excite, they will...consideration is the sublimest style, particularly that of Michael Angelo, the Homer of painting. Other kinds may admit of this naturalness, which of the lowest... | |
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Such faults may be said to be the ebullitions of genius ; but at least he had this merit, that he never was insipid, and whatever passion his works may excite, they will always escape contempt. What I have had under consideration is the sublimest style,... 
