Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, G. Allen · leaf 78
no limit to the luxu-riance in which such work may legitimately andnobly be bestowed. XV. No limit; it is one of the affectations ofarchitects to speak of overcharged ornament.Ornament cannot be overcharged if it be good,and is always overcharged when it is bad. Ihave given, on the opposite page… … THE LAMP OF SACRIFICE. 49 especially the receding window, as degenerate,the gate itself is of a purer period, and hashardly any renaissance taint. There are fourstrings of these niches (each with two figuresbeneath it) round the porch, from the groundto the top of the arch, with three…
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