Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 733
kaleido-scope, and to produce a building which the present Europeanpublic will think magnificent, though there may not be, fromfoundation to coping, one ray of invention, or any other intel-lectual merit, in the whole mass of it. But floral decoration, andthe disposition of mouldings, require some… … the nature of goimic. 223 tion . and although, as I have just said, the noblest imagina-tion may be shown in the dispositions of traceries, there is farmore room for its play and power when those traceries areassociated with floral or animal ornament; and it is probable,d priori, that, wherever…
Architecture
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
