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VII. THE PIER BASE.
Construction;
The base is also cut to pieces, gathered together, and becomes the base of the column.
The cornice is cut to pieces, gathered together, and be*
comes the capital of the column. Do not be alarmed at the
new word, it does not mean a new thing; a capital is only the
cornice of a column, and you may, if you like, call a cornice
the capital of a wall.
We have now, therefore, to examine these three concentrated forms of the base, veil, and cornice: first, the concentrated base, still called the Base of the column; then the
concentrated veil, called the Shaft of the column; then the
concentrated cornice, called the Capital of the column.
And first the Base:—
§ vi. Look back to the main type, Fig. II., page 55, and
apply its profiles in due proportion to the feet of the pillars at
Fig. X.
e in Fig. IX. p. 72: If each step in Fig. II. were gathered
accurately, the projection of the entire circular base would be
less in proportion to its height than it is in Fig. II.; but the
approximation to the result in Fig. X. is quite accurate enough
for our purposes. (I pray the reader to observe that I have
not made the smallest change, except this necessary expression of a reduction in diameter, in Fig. II. as it is applied
in Fig. X., only I have not drawn the joints of the stones
because these would confuse the outlines of the bases; and
I have not represented the rounding of the shafts, because
| Title | The stones of Venice - 1 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000097 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 74 VII. THE PIER BASE. Construction; The base is also cut to pieces, gathered together, and becomes the base of the column. The cornice is cut to pieces, gathered together, and be* comes the capital of the column. Do not be alarmed at the new word, it does not mean a new thing; a capital is only the cornice of a column, and you may, if you like, call a cornice the capital of a wall. We have now, therefore, to examine these three concentrated forms of the base, veil, and cornice: first, the concentrated base, still called the Base of the column; then the concentrated veil, called the Shaft of the column; then the concentrated cornice, called the Capital of the column. And first the Base:— § vi. Look back to the main type, Fig. II., page 55, and apply its profiles in due proportion to the feet of the pillars at Fig. X. e in Fig. IX. p. 72: If each step in Fig. II. were gathered accurately, the projection of the entire circular base would be less in proportion to its height than it is in Fig. II.; but the approximation to the result in Fig. X. is quite accurate enough for our purposes. (I pray the reader to observe that I have not made the smallest change, except this necessary expression of a reduction in diameter, in Fig. II. as it is applied in Fig. X., only I have not drawn the joints of the stones because these would confuse the outlines of the bases; and I have not represented the rounding of the shafts, because |
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