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CONSTRUCTION.
VIII. THE SHAFT. 97
pieced shafts, and the other by its curved and block shafts, will
be found divided also in their employment of grouped shafts ;
—it is likely that the idea of grouping, however suggested,
will be fully entertained and acted upon by the one, but hesitatingly by the other; and that we shall find, on the one hand,
buildings displaying sometimes massy piers of small stones,
sometimes clustered piers of rich complexity, and On the other,
more or less regular succession of. block shafts, each treated as
entirely independent of those around it.
§ xix. Farther, the grouping of shafts once admitted, it is
probable that the complexity and richness of such arrangements
would recommend them to the eye, and induce their frequent,
even their unnecessary introduction; so that weight which
might have been borne by a single pillar, would be in preference supported by four or five. And if the stone of the
country, whose fragmentary character first occasioned the
building and piecing of the large pier, were yet in beds consistent enough to supply shafts of very small diameter, the
strength and simplicity of such a construction might justify it,
as well as its grace. The fact, however, is that the charm
which the multiplication of line possesses for the eye has
always been one of the chief ends of the work in the grouped
schools; and that, so far from employing the grouped piers in
order to the introduction of very slender block shafts, the most
common form in which such piers occur is that of a solid
jointed shaft, each joint being separately cut into the contour
of the group required.
§ xx. We have hitherto supposed that all grouped or clustered shafts have been the result or the expression of an actual
'gathering and binding together of detached shafts. This is
not, however, always so: for some clustered shafts are little
more than solid piers channelled on the surface, and their form
appears to be merely the development of some longitudinal
furrowing or striation on the original single shaft. That clustering or striation, whichever we choose to call it, is in this
case a decorative feature, and to be considered under the head
of decoration.
§ xxi. It must be evident to the reader at a glance, that the
| 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 | 00000120 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CONSTRUCTION. VIII. THE SHAFT. 97 pieced shafts, and the other by its curved and block shafts, will be found divided also in their employment of grouped shafts ; —it is likely that the idea of grouping, however suggested, will be fully entertained and acted upon by the one, but hesitatingly by the other; and that we shall find, on the one hand, buildings displaying sometimes massy piers of small stones, sometimes clustered piers of rich complexity, and On the other, more or less regular succession of. block shafts, each treated as entirely independent of those around it. § xix. Farther, the grouping of shafts once admitted, it is probable that the complexity and richness of such arrangements would recommend them to the eye, and induce their frequent, even their unnecessary introduction; so that weight which might have been borne by a single pillar, would be in preference supported by four or five. And if the stone of the country, whose fragmentary character first occasioned the building and piecing of the large pier, were yet in beds consistent enough to supply shafts of very small diameter, the strength and simplicity of such a construction might justify it, as well as its grace. The fact, however, is that the charm which the multiplication of line possesses for the eye has always been one of the chief ends of the work in the grouped schools; and that, so far from employing the grouped piers in order to the introduction of very slender block shafts, the most common form in which such piers occur is that of a solid jointed shaft, each joint being separately cut into the contour of the group required. § xx. We have hitherto supposed that all grouped or clustered shafts have been the result or the expression of an actual 'gathering and binding together of detached shafts. This is not, however, always so: for some clustered shafts are little more than solid piers channelled on the surface, and their form appears to be merely the development of some longitudinal furrowing or striation on the original single shaft. That clustering or striation, whichever we choose to call it, is in this case a decorative feature, and to be considered under the head of decoration. § xxi. It must be evident to the reader at a glance, that the |
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