On the Old Road, Volume 2 gathers miscellaneous essays, reviews, and articles by John Ruskin, the most influential art critic of Victorian Britain. The collection ranges across painting, architecture, literature, and social questions, drawing together shorter pieces written across decades of Ruskin’s long career and offering a panoramic view of his restless, wide-ranging mind.
Here the reader finds Ruskin defending the painters he admired, expounding his moral theory of art, and turning his attention to questions of craft, beauty, and society. Together with its companion first volume, it is an essential supplement to his major books. This free EPUB download is cleanly formatted for any e-reader.