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 18
edness,without any actually red thing to point to, butonly orange and purple things. Suppose he hadonly a piece of heather and a dead oak^leaf to doit with. He might say, the colour w^hich is mixedwith the yellow in this oak^leaf,and with the bluein this heather, would be red, if you had it… … character itself is made up of many mingled ideas, The Natureand can consist only in their union. CThat is to of Gothicsay, pointed arches do not constitute Gothic, norvaulted roofs, nor flying buttresses, nor grotesquesculptures; but all or some of these things, andmany other things with them,…
Architecture, Gothic
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