Generosity
    
Ruskin's final defining feature of Gothic architecture is generosity. This feature entails
superfluous ornamentation and redundancy of detail and redundancy of detail and redundancy of
detail as well as reiterating specific features. The picture of the roofline ornamentation shows the
use of the same repeating, intricate pattern which lines the roof. By placing the
same pattern over and over again, the craftsman is creating generosity in his style. In the second
picture of the house, the small window is an example of generosity. Why did the designer place
an intricate window so high on the house? The typical on-looker would rarely notice such a
feature, and yet the amount of time probably spent on construction of such a window signifies that it
is an important piece in the Gothic puzzle. Instead of putting a plain window up there, the
craftsman took pride in putting a unique, intricate, beautiful window in a lofty area of the house.
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