Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 299
ften depends, and in such a case as this, every-thing depends, on the Voluntariness of the ornament. The workof time is beautiful on surfaces, but not on edges intended to besharp. Even if we needed them blunt, we should not like themblunt on compulsion ; so, to show that the bluntness is our…
Architecture · Sculpture
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