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Letter diagram of the exterior marbles of the Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in Murano

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Description: Unto This Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin
In the third chapter of his botanical study Proserpina (1875), titled “The Leaf,” John Ruskin turned to the “perennial leafage” of trees in the Garden of Eden. This, he explained, offered a potent symbol of an individual’s lasting significance within a larger system—the forest of interconnected humanity. He wrote:
PublisherYale Center for British Art
Related print edition pages: pp.49-67
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00234.003

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