Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 732
ip-tive of the most perfect conditions both of the simple arch andof the traceries by which, in later Gothic, it is filled ; and thisfoliation is an essential character of the style. No Gothic iseither good or characteristic which is not foliated either in itsarches or apertures. Sometimes the… … Fig. XVIII. 222 THE STONES OF VENICE. merit of foliation must enter somewhere, or the style is imper*feet. And our final definition of Gothic will, therefore, standthus :— Foliated Architecture, which uses the pointed arch forthe roof proper, and the gable for the roof-mask. § xcix. And now there…
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