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 19
; one external, its crystalline form, hardness,lustre, etc.; the other internal, the proportions andnature of its constituent atoms. Exactly in thesame manner, we shall find that Gothic architectture has external forms and internal elements.Its elements are certain mental tendencies of thebuilders,… … there, we have no right to call the style Gothic. The Nature It is not enough that it has the Form, if it have of Gothic not also the power and life. It is not enough that it has the Power, if it have not the form. We must therefore inquire into each of these characters suc/- cessively; and…
Architecture, Gothic
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