Art culture: a hand-book of art technicalities and criticisms (1873)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Platt, W. H. (William Henry), 1821-1898 · New York : Wiley · leaf 492
of the finest Gothic style ; and this is allthat is necessary to determine that question. 2 S. V.,251. I. Gothic FLEXiBiLrrY and Variety of Gothic ScnooLS. The variety of the Gothic schools is the more healthyand beautiful, because in many cases it is entirely un-studied, and results, not from the… … 420 THE SCHOOLS of architectuke. vulgar or noble. Undefined in its slope of roof, heiglit ofshaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground plan, itcan shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into astaircase, or spring into a spire, with undegraded graceand unexhausted energy; and whenever…
Art · Aesthetics
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