The nature of Gothic : a chapter of The stones of Venice (1892)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Morris, William, 1834-1896, Kelmscott Press · Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press ; London and Orpington : Published by George Allen · leaf 116
E have thus determined the rela/tion of Gothic to the other archietectures of the world, as far as re^gards the main Hnes of its cons^truction; but there is still one wordwhich needs to be added toourde^finitionof its form^with respect to a part of its de^coration, which rises out of that… … condition of its form, is,that it shall havepointedarches.When Gothic isperfect,therefore, itwill ^follow that the pointedarches must be built inthe strongest possiblemanner. C Now, if thereader will looktoChap.XLVoL L,of theStonesof Venice, he will findthe subject of the ma^ J03 Fig: XV / ^ % ^
Architecture, Gothic
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