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 88
tances of dailylife, Egyptian and Ninevite sculpture is as frankand as diffuse as the Gothic* From the highestpomps of state or triumphs of battle, to the mosttrivial domestic arts and amusements, all is takenadvantage of to fill the field of granite with theperpetual interest of a crowded drama;… … Naturalism vegetation occurs only as an explanatory accesssary; the reed is introduced to mark the course ofthe river, or the tree to mark the covert of the wildbeast, or the ambush of the enemy, but there is noespecial interest in the forms of the vegetationstrong enough to induce them to make it…
Architecture, Gothic
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