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 33
we knowtheheightof itonly wnenwe see the clouds settling upon him. And, whetherthe clouds be bright or dark, there will be trans^figuration behind and within them. 3iND now, reader, look round this English room of yours, about which you have been proud so often, because the work of it was so good… … you have exulted over them, & thought how great Savageness E ngland was,because her sHghtest work was done so thoroughly. Alas! if read rightly, these perfect- nesses are signs of a slavery in our England a thousand times more bitter and more degrading than that of the scourged African, or…
Architecture, Gothic
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