...ups and downs, about it as possible. The picturesque effect of the ancient buildings results from the ingenious methods by which the old builders overcame local and constructive difficulties*." Now the consideration of Utility is very necessary in its way; but it certainly does not account for...

...ups and downs, about it as possible. The picturesque effect of the ancient buildings results from the ingenious methods by which the old builders overcame...generally so unnaturally natural as to appear ridiculous." Ruskin fully endorsed this general appreciation of Gothic buildings. He added that the picturesque,...

...his—and, again in italics, that "the picturesque effect of the ancient buildings results from the ingenious methods by which the old builders overcame local and constructive difficulties." Two of the largest and most elaborate of the Gothic churches of the forties were Holy Trinity, Brooklyn...