Assemblies of Labor

Thus did John Ruskin, in 1853 draw a relationship between the well-being of the craftsmanand the aesthetic conformity of the building under the rubric of “changefulness”. Ruskin’staste for the variegated surfaces of Venice was not simply an aesthetic decision but also anethical one. When the craftsperson is given a certain degree of latitude in the performance ofwork, that latitude is visible as a compositional vitality of surface.

Volume Editors
Robert Corser & Sharon Haar

ISBN
978-1-944214-03-6