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 45
these must naturallyand justly obtain. SHOULD be led far from the matter in hand, if I were to pursue I this interesting subject. Enough, I trust, has been said to show the reader that the rudeness or imper^ fection which at first rendered the term ^Gothicone of reproach is indeed, when rightly… … no architecture can be truly noble which is not im^ Savagenessperfect. And this is easily demonstrable. For sincethe architect, whom we will suppose capable ofdoing all in perfection, cannot execute the wholewith his own hands, he must either make slavesof his workmen in the old Greek, and…
Architecture, Gothic
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