 I did not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like : I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it ; I was lashed for four hours, and I did not expect to escape, but I felt bound to record it if I did.  Modern Painters - Pagina 342di John Ruskin - 1873Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1893 - 846 pagine
...not paint it to be understood ; but I wished to show what such a scene was like. I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it. I was lashed...escape ; but I felt bound to record it, if I did." A critic described it as "a mass of soapsuds and whitewash." The phrase troubled Turner. " Soapsuds... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1860 - 442 pagine
...did not paint it to be understood, but 1 wished to show what such a scene was like: I got the sa11ors to lash me to the mast to observe it; I was lashed...for four hours, and I did not expect to escape, but 1 felt bound to record it if 1 did. But no one had any business to like the picture.' 'But,' said 1,... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1862 - 452 pagine
...did not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like. I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it. I was lashed for four hours, and 1 did not expect to escape; but I felt bound to record it if I did. But no one had any business to... | |
 | University magazine - 1877 - 810 pagine
...was like. I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it. I was laahed for four hours, and did not expect to escape ; but I felt bound to record it if I did. " When the critics cried " Soapsuds and whitewash," Mr. Turner, though with his strange sensitiveness... | |
 | 1877 - 832 pagine
...it to be understood, but I wished to shew what such a scene was like. I got the sailors to lash mo to the mast to observe it. I was lashed for four hours, and did not expect to escape ; but I felt bound to record it if I did." When the critics cried " Soapsuds... | |
 | Stephen Albert Swaine - 1885 - 144 pagine
...did not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like. I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it. I was lashed...to escape ; but I felt bound to record it if I did ! ' " The story certainly reveals the great artist in his most heroic mood, forgetful both of danger... | |
 | Stephen Albert Swaine - 1885 - 156 pagine
...did not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like. I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it. I was lashed...to escape ; but I felt bound to record it if I did ! ' " The story certainly reveals the great artist in his most heroic mood, forgetful both of danger... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1887 - 576 pagine
...not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like : I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it ; I was lashed...to like the picture.' ' But,' said I, ' my mother ouce went through just such a scene, and it brought it all back to her.' 'Is your mother a painter?'... | |
 | 1888 - 742 pagine
...it to be understood," he said, " but I wished to show what such a scene was like ; I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it ; I was lashed...record it if I did. But no one had any business to like it." And the critics did not like it ; it was described by one of them as a "mass of soapsuds and whitewash."... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1894 - 562 pagine
...not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like : I got the sailors to lash me to the mast to observe it: I was lashed...to like the picture.' ' But,' said I, ' my mother ouce went through just such a scene, and it brought it all back to her.' 'Is your mother a painter?"... | |
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