Art culture : a hand-book of art technicalities and criticisms (1873)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · John Wiley and Son · leaf 520
theinfluence of destruction, of distortion, of torture, to speakstrongly, must be evident in their every line. We free thebuilding from this influence, and give it repose, graceful-ness, and ease ; and we have a contrast of feeling as well asof line, by which the desirable attributes are… … the crass, nor feel a want of excitement in the gentlenessof the building. 2dly. Solitude is powerful and evident in its effect onthe distant hills, therefore, the effect of the villa should bejoyous and life-like (not flippant, however, but serene);and, by rendering it so, we shall enhance the…
Art · Aesthetics
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