St. Mark's rest : the history of Venice written for the help of the few travellers who still care for her monuments (1885)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Lovell · leaf 743
the circum-stances consisted in turning the lichened sides of the stonesoutwards. And yet the noblest conditions of building in theworld are nothing more than the gradual adornment, by playof the imagination, of materials first arranged by this naturalinstinct of adjustment. You must not lose sight… … Plate V.—Door of the Baptistery. Pisa. MARBLE COUCHANT. 69 143. In the more elaborate architecture of my neighbour-hood, I have taken pleasure these many years ; one of the firstpapers I ever wrote on architecture was a study of the West-moreland cottage ;—properly, observe, the cottage of…
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