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 121
y (sometimesa considerable degree of actual support) is givenby means of tracery. IF what I stated in the second chap^j ter of the Seven Lamps, respectingI the nature of tracery, I need repeatI here only this much, that it beganin the use of penetrations throughI the stonework of windows or… … and the pleasure re^ Fig. XVIIL ^^^ Nature ceived from them of Gothic being the same as ^^> ^ J A that which we feel ^^P ^^^ ^^ >^^ in the triple, quad^ ruple or other radi^ ^^^ %^ ^^^ Jim ated leaves of vege^ ^^^ ^rW ^^/ f~ tation, joined with the perception of a ^^ ^^^ ^^ \/ Severely…
Architecture, Gothic
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