Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent, [Eng.] : G. Allen · leaf 140
ons which, seen from within, are forms of light, and, fromwithout, are forms of shade. In Italian traceries the eye isexclusively fixed upon the dark forms of the penetrations, andthe whole proportion and power of the design are caused todepend upon them. The intermediate spaces are, indeed, in… … THE LAMP OF POWER. 93 wanting. The composition of the whole depends on the propor-tioning and shaping of the darks ; and it is impossible that any-thing can be more exquisite than their placing in the head windowof the Giotto campanile, Plate IX., or the Church of Or SanMichele. So entirely does…
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