The Two Paths - Couverture souple

Ruskin, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1419186167 ISBN 13 : 9781419186165

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

Synopsis

The Two Paths by John Ruskin is a classic work of literature that explores the contrasting paths of life: the path of duty and the path of pleasure. Ruskin argues that these two paths are not mutually exclusive, but rather they are intertwined and must be balanced in order to lead a fulfilling life.The book is divided into two parts, with the first part focusing on the path of duty. Ruskin emphasizes the importance of hard work, discipline, and self-sacrifice in order to achieve success and happiness in life. He also discusses the role of religion and morality in shaping our actions and decisions.The second part of the book focuses on the path of pleasure, which Ruskin argues is equally important to the path of duty. He explores the beauty of art, nature, and aesthetics, and how they can bring joy and fulfillment to our lives. However, he also warns against the dangers of excessive indulgence and the pursuit of pleasure at the expense of our responsibilities and obligations.Throughout the book, Ruskin uses examples from literature, art, and history to illustrate his points and provide a rich and engaging reading experience. The Two Paths is a timeless work that continues to resonate with readers today, offering valuable insights into the human experience and the pursuit of a meaningful life.Portable art--independent of all place--is for the most part ignoble art. Your little Dutch landscape, which you put over your sideboard to-day, and between the windows tomorrow, is a far more contemptible piece of work than the extents of field and forest with which Benozzo has made green and beautiful the once melancholy arcade of the Campo Santo at Pisa; and the wild boar of silver which you use for a seal, or lock into a velvet case, is little likely to be so noble a beast as the bronze boar who foams forth the fountain from under his tusks in the market-place of Florence.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

As I passed, last summer, for the first time, through the north of Scotland, it seemed to me that there was a peculiar painfulness in its scenery, caused by the non-manifestation of the powers of human art. I had never travelled in, nor even heard or conceived of such a country before; nor, though I had passed much of my life amidst mountain scenery in the south, was I before aware how much of its charm depended on the little gracefulnesses and tendernesses of human work, which are mingled with the beauty of the Alps, or spared by their desolation. It is true that the art which carves and colours the front of a Swiss cottage is not of any very exalted kind; yet it testifies to the completeness and the delicacy of the faculties of the mountaineer; it is true that the remnants of tower and battlement, which afford footing to the wild vine on the Alpine promontory, form but a small part of the great serration of its rocks; and yet it is just that fragment of their broken outline which gives them their pathetic power, and historical majesty. And this element among the wilds of our own country I found wholly wanting. The Highland cottage is literally a heap of gray stones, choked up, rather than roofed over, with black peat and withered heather; the only approach to an effort at decoration consists in the placing of the clods of protective peat obliquely on its roof, so as to give a diagonal arrangement of lines, looking somewhat as if the surface had been scored over by a gigantic claymore.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1419186167
• ISBN 13: 9781419186165
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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