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CONSTRUCTION. XIII. THE ROOF. 149
critic: and more than this, the enquiry would be useless to us
in our Venetian studies, where the roofs are either not contemporary with the buildings, or flat, or else vaults of the simplest
possible constructions, which have been admirably explained
by Willis in his " Architecture of the Middle Ages," Chap.
VII., to which I may refer the reader for all that it would be
well for him to know respecting the connexion of the different
parts of the vault with the shafts. He would also do well to
read the passages on Tudor vaulting, pp. 185—193, in Mr.
Garbett's rudimentary Treatise on Design, before alluded to.*
I shall content myself therefore with noting one or two points
On which neither writer has had occasion to touch, respecting
the Roof Mask.
§ in. It was said in § v. of Chapter III. that we should
not have occasion, in speaking of roof construction, to add
materially to the forms then suggested. The forms which we
have to add are only those resulting from the other curves of
the arch developed in the last chapter; that is to say, the
various eastern domes and cupolas arising out of the revolution
of the horseshoe and ogee curves, together with the well-
known Chinese concave roof. All these forms are of course
purely decorative, the bulging outline, or concave surface,
being of no more use, or rather of less, in throwing off snow
or rain, than the ordinary spire and gable; and it is rather
curious, therefore, that all of them, on a small scale, should
have obtained so extensive use in Germany and Switzerland,
their native climate being that of the east, where their purpose seems rather to concentrate light upon their orbed surfaces. I much doubt their applicability, on a large scale, to
architecture of any admirable dignity ; their chief charm is, to
the European eye, that of strangeness; and it seems to me possible that in the east the bulging form may be also delightful,
from the idea of its enclosing a volume of cool air. I enjoy
them in St. Mark's, chiefly because they increase the fantastic
and unreal character of St. Mark's Place; and because they
* Appendix 17
| 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 | 00000180 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CONSTRUCTION. XIII. THE ROOF. 149 critic: and more than this, the enquiry would be useless to us in our Venetian studies, where the roofs are either not contemporary with the buildings, or flat, or else vaults of the simplest possible constructions, which have been admirably explained by Willis in his " Architecture of the Middle Ages," Chap. VII., to which I may refer the reader for all that it would be well for him to know respecting the connexion of the different parts of the vault with the shafts. He would also do well to read the passages on Tudor vaulting, pp. 185—193, in Mr. Garbett's rudimentary Treatise on Design, before alluded to.* I shall content myself therefore with noting one or two points On which neither writer has had occasion to touch, respecting the Roof Mask. § in. It was said in § v. of Chapter III. that we should not have occasion, in speaking of roof construction, to add materially to the forms then suggested. The forms which we have to add are only those resulting from the other curves of the arch developed in the last chapter; that is to say, the various eastern domes and cupolas arising out of the revolution of the horseshoe and ogee curves, together with the well- known Chinese concave roof. All these forms are of course purely decorative, the bulging outline, or concave surface, being of no more use, or rather of less, in throwing off snow or rain, than the ordinary spire and gable; and it is rather curious, therefore, that all of them, on a small scale, should have obtained so extensive use in Germany and Switzerland, their native climate being that of the east, where their purpose seems rather to concentrate light upon their orbed surfaces. I much doubt their applicability, on a large scale, to architecture of any admirable dignity ; their chief charm is, to the European eye, that of strangeness; and it seems to me possible that in the east the bulging form may be also delightful, from the idea of its enclosing a volume of cool air. I enjoy them in St. Mark's, chiefly because they increase the fantastic and unreal character of St. Mark's Place; and because they * Appendix 17 |
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