Two Paths, The by John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)

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"The Two Paths" is a collection of five lectures delivered in 1858 and 1859 by John Ruskin on art and architecture. This is how the author himself presents the book: "The following addresses, though spoken at different times, are intentionally connected in subject; their aim being to set one or two main principles of art in simple light before the general student, and to indicate their practical bearing on modern design. The law which it has been my effort chiefly to illustrate is the dependence of all noble design, in any kind, on the sculpture or painting of Organic Form." The most famous of these, the fifth lecture, is commonly known simply as "The Work of Iron" (Summary by Leni)

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  • 00 - Preface
    – 00:07:22
  • 01 - Lecture I, part 1: The Deteriorative Power of Conventional Art Over Nations
    – 00:17:34
  • 02 - Lecture I, part 2: The Deteriorative Power of Conventional Art Over Nations
    – 00:20:28
  • 03 - Lecture I, part 3: The Deteriorative Power of Conventional Art Over Nations
    – 00:29:22
  • 04 - Lecture II, part 1: The Unity of Art
    – 00:24:11
  • 05 - Lecture II, part 2: The Unity of Art
    – 00:21:13
  • 06 - Lecture III, part 1: Modern Manufacture and Design
    – 00:29:14
  • 07 - Lecture III, part 2: Modern Manufacture and Design
    – 00:30:20
  • 08 - Lecture IV, part 1: Influence of Imagination in Architecture
    – 00:22:12
  • 09 - Lecture IV, part 2: Influence of Imagination in Architecture
    – 00:20:00
  • 10 - Lecture IV, part 3: Influence of Imagination in Architecture
    – 00:24:15
  • 11 - Lecture V, part 1: The Work of Iron, in Nature, Art and Policy
    – 00:22:15
  • 12 - Lecture V, part 2: The Work of Iron, in Nature, Art and Policy
    – 00:21:23
  • 13 - Lecture V, part 3: The Work of Iron, in Nature, Art and Policy
    – 00:34:47
  • 14 - Appendices, part 1
    – 00:15:22
  • 15 - Appendices, part 2
    – 00:21:46
Recent Reviews
  • sbaudiophile
    Have I discovered the best way to read Ruskin?
    I have never been able to bring myself to read more than 5 pages of Ruskin's turgid prose. Somehow, Todd Ulbrich's pedantic and fastidious delivery -- which I think is his trademark "Ruskin voice," oddly fits the role perfectly, for, let's face it, that is exactly how old Ruskin really was. The Two Paths are a series of lectures Ruskin gave to audiences of architects in what were then the rapidly growing industrial cities in England, and perhaps Scotland too. Their subject summarizes and synthesizes much of Ruskin's anti-industrialist stance, which is part of the social basis of the Arts and Craft movement. Humor aside, Ulbrich really does read the text with expert precision. You have to be in the mood for him, but if you, like me, are a humanist who loves listening as much as reading,I think this might be the only way to read Ruskin. Now let's hope a publisher pays him to do Modern Painters...
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