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CONSTRUCTION. VII. THE PIER BASE. 79
square block. Xb must, however, evidently follow the pillar,
as its-condition is that it slope to the very base of the wall veil,
and of whatever the wall veil becomes. So the corners of Yb
will project beyond the circle of Xb, and we shall have (Fig.
XII.) the profile d, the perspective appearance e, and the plan
f. I am quite sure the reader likes e much better than he did
b. The circle is now placed, and we are not afraid of its rolling away. The foot has greater expansion, and we have saved
labor besides, with little loss of space, for the interval between
the bases is just as great as it was before,—we have only filled
up the corners of the squares.
But is it not possible to mend the form still further ? There
is surely still an appearance of separation between Xb and Yb,
as if the one might slip off the other. The foot is expanded
enough; but it needs some expression of grasp as well. It has
no toes. Suppose we were to put a spur or prop to Xb at each
corner, so as to hold it fast in the centre of Yb. We will do
this in the simplest possible form. We will have the spur, or
small buttress, sloping straight from the corner of Yb up to
the top of Xb, and as seen from above, of the shape of a triangle. Applying such spurs in Fig. XII., we have the diagonal profile at g, the perspective h, and the plan i.
§ xni. I am quite sure the reader likes this last base the
best, and feels as if it were the firmest. But he must carefully
distinguish between this feeling or imagination of the eye, and
the real stability of the structure. That this real stability has
been slightly increased by the changes between b and h, in Fig.
XIL, is true. There is in the base h somewhat less chance of
accidental dislocation, and somewhat greater solidity and weight.
But this very slight gain of security is of no importance whatever when compared with the general requirements of the
structure. The pillar must be perfectly secure, and more than
secure, with the base b, or the building will be unsafe, whatever other base you put to the pillar. The changes are made,
not for the sake of the almost inappreciable increase of security
they involve, but in order to convince the eye of the real security which the base b appears to compromise. This is espe-
| 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 | 00000102 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CONSTRUCTION. VII. THE PIER BASE. 79 square block. Xb must, however, evidently follow the pillar, as its-condition is that it slope to the very base of the wall veil, and of whatever the wall veil becomes. So the corners of Yb will project beyond the circle of Xb, and we shall have (Fig. XII.) the profile d, the perspective appearance e, and the plan f. I am quite sure the reader likes e much better than he did b. The circle is now placed, and we are not afraid of its rolling away. The foot has greater expansion, and we have saved labor besides, with little loss of space, for the interval between the bases is just as great as it was before,—we have only filled up the corners of the squares. But is it not possible to mend the form still further ? There is surely still an appearance of separation between Xb and Yb, as if the one might slip off the other. The foot is expanded enough; but it needs some expression of grasp as well. It has no toes. Suppose we were to put a spur or prop to Xb at each corner, so as to hold it fast in the centre of Yb. We will do this in the simplest possible form. We will have the spur, or small buttress, sloping straight from the corner of Yb up to the top of Xb, and as seen from above, of the shape of a triangle. Applying such spurs in Fig. XII., we have the diagonal profile at g, the perspective h, and the plan i. § xni. I am quite sure the reader likes this last base the best, and feels as if it were the firmest. But he must carefully distinguish between this feeling or imagination of the eye, and the real stability of the structure. That this real stability has been slightly increased by the changes between b and h, in Fig. XIL, is true. There is in the base h somewhat less chance of accidental dislocation, and somewhat greater solidity and weight. But this very slight gain of security is of no importance whatever when compared with the general requirements of the structure. The pillar must be perfectly secure, and more than secure, with the base b, or the building will be unsafe, whatever other base you put to the pillar. The changes are made, not for the sake of the almost inappreciable increase of security they involve, but in order to convince the eye of the real security which the base b appears to compromise. This is espe- |
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