A arquitetura gótica era muito admirada por John Ruskin, pela sua imperfeição, mistura e impureza expressiva. ‘…go forth again to gaze upon the old cathedral front, where you have smiled so often at the fantastic ignorance of the old sculptors: examine once more those ugly goblins and formless monsters and stern statues, anatomiless and rigid; […]

  John Ruskin – Arte, Trabalho e Sociedade. (Parte 2)   ‘…go forth again to gaze upon the old cathedral front, where you have smiled so often at the fantastic ignorance of the old sculptors: examine once more those ugly goblins and formless monsters and stern statues, anatomiless and rigid; but do not mock at […]

  John Ruskin – Arte, Trabalho e Sociedade. (Parte 1)   ‘But now having no true business, we pour our whole-masculine energy into the false business of money-making; and having no true emotion, we must have false emotions dressed up for us to play with, not innocently, as children with dolls, but guiltly and darkly.’, […]

  A arte como consciência afirmativa de vida.   ‘There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings; that man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own […]