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 94
akes thefiercest lightning forked rather than curved, & thestoutest oak^branch angular rather than bending,and is as much seen in the quivering of the lanceas in the glittering of the icicle. HAVE before had occasion to note some manifestations of this energy or fixedness; but it must be still…
Architecture, Gothic
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