Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 736
r itself isone of the most exquisite pieces of flamboyant Gothic in theworld ; and it is interesting to see the shield introduced here,at the point of the gable, in exactly the same manner as in theupper example, and with precisely the same purpose,—to staythe eye in its ascent, and to keep it from… … THE NATURE OF GOTHIC, 225 as this example is studied, that its other decorations are alto*gether different from those of the Veronese tomb ; that, here,the whole effect is dependent on mere multiplications ofsimilar lines of tracery, sculpture being hardly introduced ex-cept in the seated statue…
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