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The stones of Venice : v.2, the sea-stories (1853)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London : Smith, Elder · leaf 248

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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… … 222 THE STONES OF VENICE. ment 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. § xcrx. And now there is but one…

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