Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent, [Eng.] : G. Allen · leaf 53
sof light, and has composed them of groups of figures. Butif the ornament does not answer its purpose, if it have no distant,no truly decorative povv^er; if, generally seen, it be a mere in-crustation and meaningless roughness, we shall only be cha-grined by finding when we look close, that the… … THE LAMP OF SACRIFICE. 27 with the latest ItaHan. It reaches nearly the same extreme ofdetail; but it never loses sight of its architectural purpose, neverfails in its decorative power; not a leaflet in it but speaks, andspeaks far off too ; and so long as this be the case, there is nolimit to the…
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