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 124
n the disposition of traceries, there is far more room for its play and power when those traceries are as^ sociated with floral or animal ornament; and it is probable, a priori, that, wherever true invention exists, such ornament will be employed in prox fusion, |0 W, all Gothic may be divided… … The Nature decoration profusely; the latter, ignoble, uninven^of Gothic tive, and declining, uses foliation immoderately,floral & figure sculpture subordinately. The twoschools touch each other at that instant of mo^mentous change, dwelt upon in the Seven Lamps,Chap* IL, p. 54, a period later…
Architecture, Gothic
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