Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 114
the PisanRomanesque might in an instant be pronounced to have beenformed under some measure of Lombardic influence, from theoblique squares set under its arches; and in it we have thespirit of northern Gothic affecting details of the southern ;—obliquity of square, in magnificently shafted… … J02 THE STONES OF VENICE. acteristic figure of the entire decoration of the facade of theDuomo, eminently giving it southern character; but the de-tails are derived almost entirely from the northern Gothic.Here then we have southern spirit and northern detail. Ofthe cruciform outline of the load of…
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