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 73
this class are Michael Angelo, Leonardo, Giotto, Tintoret, & Turner. RafFaelle in his second time, Titian, and Rubens are transitional; the first inclining to the eclectic, and the last two to the impure class, Rafifaelle rarely giving all the evil, Titian and Rubens rarely all the good. HE… … of the human race; their colour is for the most Naturalismpart subdued or lurid, and the greater spaces oftheir pictures are occupied by darkness. C Hap^pily the examples of this class are seldom seenin perfection. Salvator Rosa and Caravaggio arethe most characteristic: the other men belong/ing to…
Architecture, Gothic
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