Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent, [Eng.] : G. Allen · leaf 151
ools of Gothic. I have great respect for VenetianGothic, but only as one among many early schools. My reason for devoting somuch time to Venice, was not that her architecture is the best in existence, butthat it exemplifies, in the smallest compass, the most interesting facts of architec-tural… … THE LAMP OF POWER. 97 even the Greek Doric: the Doric had cast nothing away ; thefourteenth century Venetian had cast away, one by one, for asuccession of centuries, every splendour that art and wealthcould give it. It had laid down its crown and its jewels, its goldand its colour, like a king…
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