Within John Ruskin’s Book “The Two Paths” he discusses many of his ideas, concerns and theories on art and art culture. I will cover but four of what I think to be the more interesting concepts. Balancing true representation of form and ‘abstract’ human expression in an artwork. The effect art has on a cultures behaviour and vice versa. The idea that the human hand will never be surpassed in its ability to create …showed first 75 words of 2206 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2206 total…did not cover in this essay, are still valid in today’s society of not only art but life in general. I consider “The Two Paths” to still be canonical today as throughout the book Ruskin makes a point to stress many of the foundations of art, and explains how these ideas are applicable to living our everyday lives. Ruskin was a man of old fashion thought but I believe his thoughts to be timeless.