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Ornamentation is the principal part of architecture, considered as a subject of fine art.
Ornamentation is the principal part of architecture, considered as a subject of fine art.
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- Ruskin (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 41 · quotation 8 · Ruskin · True and Beautiful. Sculpture.
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