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 135
ays so set, and on such a scale, that at the ordi^nary distance from which the edifice is seen, thesculpture shall be thoroughly intelligible and in^teresting. In order to accomplish this, the upper-*most statues will be ten or tw^elve feet high, andthe upper ornamentation will be colossal,… … lossal. He will merely feel that he can see them The Nature plainly, and make them all out at his ease.C And of Gothic having ascertained this, let him set himself to read them. Thenceforward the criticism of the builds ing is to be conducted precisely on the same prin/- ciples as that of a book;…
Architecture, Gothic
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