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VI. THE NATURE OF GOTHIC. 211
and quaint gables of the roofs. And, for the reason just
given, a house is far more Gothic which has square windows,
and a boldly gabled roof, than the one which has pointed
arches for the windows, and a domed or flat roof. For it
often happened in the best Gothic times, as it must in all
times, that it was more easy and convenient to make a window
square than pointed; not but that, as above emphatically
stated, the richness of church architecture was also found in
domestic; and systematically "when the pointed arch was
used in the church it was used in the street," only in all times
there were cases in which men m yjjj
could not build as they would, and
were obliged to construct their
doors or windows in the readiest
way; and this readiest way was
then, in small work, as it will be
to the end of time, to put a flat stone for a lintel and build the
windows as in Fig. VIII.; and the occurrence of such windows in a building or a street will not un-Gothicize them, so
long as the bold gable roof be retained, and the spirit of the
work be visibly Gothic in other respects. But if the roof be
wilfully and conspicuously of any other form than the gable,
—if it be domed, or Turkish, or Chinese,—the building has
positive corruption mingled with its Gothic elements, in proportion to the conspicuousness of the roof; and, if not absolutely un-Gothicized, can maintain its character only by such
vigor of vital Gothic energy in other parts as shall cause the
roof to be forgotten, thrown off like an eschar from the living
frame. Nevertheless, we must always admit that it may be
forgotten, and that if the Gothic seal be indeed set firmly on the
walls, we are not to cavil at the forms reserved for the tiles
and leads. For, observe, as our definition at present stands,
being understood of large roofs only, it will allow a conical
glass-furnace to be a Gothic building, but will not allow so
much, either of the Duomo of Florence, or the Baptistery of
Pisa. We must either mend it, therefore, or understand it in
some broader sense.
| Title | The stones of Venice - 2 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000239 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | VI. THE NATURE OF GOTHIC. 211 and quaint gables of the roofs. And, for the reason just given, a house is far more Gothic which has square windows, and a boldly gabled roof, than the one which has pointed arches for the windows, and a domed or flat roof. For it often happened in the best Gothic times, as it must in all times, that it was more easy and convenient to make a window square than pointed; not but that, as above emphatically stated, the richness of church architecture was also found in domestic; and systematically "when the pointed arch was used in the church it was used in the street," only in all times there were cases in which men m yjjj could not build as they would, and were obliged to construct their doors or windows in the readiest way; and this readiest way was then, in small work, as it will be to the end of time, to put a flat stone for a lintel and build the windows as in Fig. VIII.; and the occurrence of such windows in a building or a street will not un-Gothicize them, so long as the bold gable roof be retained, and the spirit of the work be visibly Gothic in other respects. But if the roof be wilfully and conspicuously of any other form than the gable, —if it be domed, or Turkish, or Chinese,—the building has positive corruption mingled with its Gothic elements, in proportion to the conspicuousness of the roof; and, if not absolutely un-Gothicized, can maintain its character only by such vigor of vital Gothic energy in other parts as shall cause the roof to be forgotten, thrown off like an eschar from the living frame. Nevertheless, we must always admit that it may be forgotten, and that if the Gothic seal be indeed set firmly on the walls, we are not to cavil at the forms reserved for the tiles and leads. For, observe, as our definition at present stands, being understood of large roofs only, it will allow a conical glass-furnace to be a Gothic building, but will not allow so much, either of the Duomo of Florence, or the Baptistery of Pisa. We must either mend it, therefore, or understand it in some broader sense. |
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