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 72
agreewith his own notions of truth, and becomes themost dangerous and despicable of iconoclasts, ex^cited by egotism instead of religion. Again: theBourges sculptor, painting his hawthorns green,did indeed somewhat hurt the effect of his ownbeautiful design, but did notprevent anyone fromloving… … O much, then, of the diseases of the Naturalisminferior classes, caused by their en^vying or despising each other. It is evident that the men of the centralclass cannot be Hable to any morbidoperation of this kind, they pos^sessingthe powers of both.C Butthere is anotherorder of diseases which…
Architecture, Gothic
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