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 61
hering and man governing; between his acceptance of the sources of delight from nature, and his develop/ ment of authoritative or imaginative power in their arrangement: for the two mental elements, not only or Gothic, but of all good architecture, which wehave just been examining, belong to it,… … of man^s admiration of something out of himself; Changefulbut architecture approaches more to a creation of nesshis own^born of his necessities, and expressive ofhis nature. C It is also, in some sort, the work ofthe whole race, while the picture or statue is thework of one only, in most cases more…
Architecture, Gothic
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