See Works, 9.39 for Ruskin’s views on Arabesque ornament. Compare Notebook M p.37 where the Ca’ d’Oro is cited as an example of arabic work. The influence of the Arab School was seen by Ruskin as an important factor in the development of Venetian Gothic.
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