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DECORATION. XXII. THE ANGLE. 265
incised angle, while the deep chamfers, c, d, g, h, are characteristic of northern work, and may be partly derived or imitated
from the angle shaft; while, with the usual extravagance of
the northern architects, they are cut deeper and deeper until
we arrive at the condition f, Fig. LIV., which is the favorite
chamfer at Bourges and Bayeux, and in other good French
work.
I have placed in the Appendix * a figure belonging to this
subject, but which cannot interest the general reader, showing
the number of possible chamfers with a roll moulding of given
size.
§ xiii. If we take the plain chamfer, b, of Fig. LIL, on a
large scale, as at a, Fig. LV, and bead both its edges, cutting
away the parts there shaded, we shall have a form much used
in richly decorated Gothic, both in England and Italy. It
might be more simply described as the chamfer a of Fig. LIL,
with an incision on each Fig.LV.
edge; but the part here
shaded is often worked
into ornamental forms, not
being entirely cut away.
§ xiv. Many other
mouldings, which at first
sight appear very elab- a &
orate, are nothing more than a chamfer, with a series of small
echoes of it on each side, dying away with a ripple on the
surface of the wall, as in b, Fig. LV., from Coutances (observe, here the white part is the solid stone, the shade is cut
away).
Chamfers of this kind are used on a small scale and in delicate work : the coarse chamfers are found on all scales: f and
g, Fig. LIIL, in Venice, form the great angles of almost every
Gothic palace; the roll being a foot or a foot and a half round,
and treated as a shaft, with a capital and fresh base at every
story, while the stones of which it is composed form alternate
* Appendix 23: "Varieties of Chamfer."
| 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 | 00000302 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | DECORATION. XXII. THE ANGLE. 265 incised angle, while the deep chamfers, c, d, g, h, are characteristic of northern work, and may be partly derived or imitated from the angle shaft; while, with the usual extravagance of the northern architects, they are cut deeper and deeper until we arrive at the condition f, Fig. LIV., which is the favorite chamfer at Bourges and Bayeux, and in other good French work. I have placed in the Appendix * a figure belonging to this subject, but which cannot interest the general reader, showing the number of possible chamfers with a roll moulding of given size. § xiii. If we take the plain chamfer, b, of Fig. LIL, on a large scale, as at a, Fig. LV, and bead both its edges, cutting away the parts there shaded, we shall have a form much used in richly decorated Gothic, both in England and Italy. It might be more simply described as the chamfer a of Fig. LIL, with an incision on each Fig.LV. edge; but the part here shaded is often worked into ornamental forms, not being entirely cut away. § xiv. Many other mouldings, which at first sight appear very elab- a & orate, are nothing more than a chamfer, with a series of small echoes of it on each side, dying away with a ripple on the surface of the wall, as in b, Fig. LV., from Coutances (observe, here the white part is the solid stone, the shade is cut away). Chamfers of this kind are used on a small scale and in delicate work : the coarse chamfers are found on all scales: f and g, Fig. LIIL, in Venice, form the great angles of almost every Gothic palace; the roll being a foot or a foot and a half round, and treated as a shaft, with a capital and fresh base at every story, while the stones of which it is composed form alternate * Appendix 23: "Varieties of Chamfer." |
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