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• catalog abstract "A Pot of Paint reconstructs the lost transcript and revisits the highly contested issues surrounding one of the most celebrated trials in the history of art. A libel suit brought in the London courts by American expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler against John Ruskin, England's most powerful art critic, the trial was essentially a debate of aesthetic theory conducted at a critical hour in the evolution of modern art. After viewing an 1877 exhibition that included some of Whistler's most abstract works, Ruskin declared in print that the artist had flung "a pot of paint in the public's face." He called Whistler a "coxcomb" and said that it was the height of "cockney impudence" to ask two hundred guineas for a painting such as Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket. The dispute was fully covered in the popular press. Using those newspaper accounts, as well as letters, legal papers, Ruskin's instructions to his counsel, and Whistler's later rendition of events in The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Linda Merrill reveals the deeply held, contrary aesthetic ideals of the two parties, and shows that, in many ways, the real litigants in Whistler v. Ruskin were traditional, representational art and art that tended toward abstraction. During eighteen months of pretrial delays and two days of testimony from Whistler and several well-known figures in the art world, London debated the value and the meaning of art. A Pot of Paint retrieves these debates for a society that continues to argue the merits of innovation in art and the place of art in the modern world.".
• catalog contributor b3196617.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "A Pot of Paint reconstructs the lost transcript and revisits the highly contested issues surrounding one of the most celebrated trials in the history of art. A libel suit brought in the London courts by American expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler against John Ruskin, England's most powerful art critic, the trial was essentially a debate of aesthetic theory conducted at a critical hour in the evolution of modern art. After viewing an 1877 exhibition that included some of Whistler's most abstract works, Ruskin declared in print that the artist had flung "a pot of paint in the public's face." He called Whistler a "coxcomb" and said that it was the height of "cockney impudence" to ask two hundred guineas for a painting such as Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket. The dispute was fully covered in the popular press. Using those newspaper accounts, as well as letters, legal papers, Ruskin's instructions to his counsel, and Whistler's later rendition of events in The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Linda Merrill reveals the deeply held, contrary aesthetic ideals of the two parties, and shows that, in many ways, the real litigants in Whistler v. Ruskin were traditional, representational art and art that tended toward abstraction. During eighteen months of pretrial delays and two days of testimony from Whistler and several well-known figures in the art world, London debated the value and the meaning of art. A Pot of Paint retrieves these debates for a society that continues to argue the merits of innovation in art and the place of art in the modern world.".
• catalog description "Foreword / Milo C. Beach -- pt. 1. The Libel. The Palace of Art. Whistler's Work. Ruskin's Review. Bringing Suit. Plaintiff's Strategy. The Defense. Final Arrangements -- pt. 2. The Trial. Introduction. Plaintiff's Case. Defendant's Case. Summations. Jury Instructions. Verdict -- pt. 3. The Verdict. Cause Celebre. The Losing Side. The Value of a Nocturne. Figures of Speech. Objets d'Art. Art and Art Critics. Matters of Opinion. Consequences and Costs. Epilogue -- Appendix A: Ruskin's Instructions to Defense Counsel -- Appendix B: Burne-Jones's Statement to Defense Counsel -- Appendix C: Source Notes to Whistler v. Ruskin.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-407) and index.".
• catalog extent "xv, 419 p., [8] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Pot of paint.".
• catalog identifier "1560981016".
• catalog identifier "1560983000 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Pot of paint.".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press in collaboration with the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution,".
• catalog relation "Pot of paint.".
• catalog spatial "England London.".
• catalog subject "345.42/0256 344.205256 20".
• catalog subject "KD379.W47 M47 1992".
• catalog subject "Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Trials, litigation, etc.".
• catalog subject "Trials (Libel) England London.".
• catalog subject "Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 Criticism and interpretation.".
• catalog subject "Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 Trials, litigation, etc.".
• catalog subject "Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903. Nocturne in black and gold, the falling rocket.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Milo C. Beach -- pt. 1. The Libel. The Palace of Art. Whistler's Work. Ruskin's Review. Bringing Suit. Plaintiff's Strategy. The Defense. Final Arrangements -- pt. 2. The Trial. Introduction. Plaintiff's Case. Defendant's Case. Summations. Jury Instructions. Verdict -- pt. 3. The Verdict. Cause Celebre. The Losing Side. The Value of a Nocturne. Figures of Speech. Objets d'Art. Art and Art Critics. Matters of Opinion. Consequences and Costs. Epilogue -- Appendix A: Ruskin's Instructions to Defense Counsel -- Appendix B: Burne-Jones's Statement to Defense Counsel -- Appendix C: Source Notes to Whistler v. Ruskin.".
• catalog title "A pot of paint : aesthetics on trial in Whistler v Ruskin / Linda Merrill.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "Trials, litigation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".