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CHAPTER XXIII.
THE EDGE AND FILLET.
§ i. The decoration of the angle by various forms of cham*
fer and bead, as above described, is the quietest method we can
employ; too quiet, when great energy is to be given to the
moulding, and impossible, when, instead of a bold angle, we
have to deal with a small projecting edge, like c in Fig. LI.
In such cases we may employ a decoration, far ruder and easier
in its simplest conditions than the bead, far more effective
when not used in too great-profusion ; and of which the complete developments are the source of mouldings at once the
most picturesque and most serviceable which the Gothic
builders invented.
§ ii. The gunwales of the Venetian heavy barges being
liable to somewhat rough collision with each other, and with
the walls of the streets, are generally protected by a piece of
timber, which projects in the form of the fillet, a, Fig. LL;
but which, like all other fillets, may, if we so choose, be considered as composed of two angles or edges, which the natural
and most wholesome love of the Venetian boatmen for ornament, otherwise strikingly evidenced by their painted sails
and glittering flag-vanes, will not suffer to remain wholly
undecorated. The rough service of these timbers, however,
will not admit of rich ornament, and the boatbuilder usually
contents himself with cutting a series of notches in each edge,
one series alternating with the other, as represented at 1,
Plate IX.
§ hi. In that simple ornament, not as confined to Venetian
boats, but as representative of a general human instinct to
| 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 | 00000304 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAPTER XXIII. THE EDGE AND FILLET. § i. The decoration of the angle by various forms of cham* fer and bead, as above described, is the quietest method we can employ; too quiet, when great energy is to be given to the moulding, and impossible, when, instead of a bold angle, we have to deal with a small projecting edge, like c in Fig. LI. In such cases we may employ a decoration, far ruder and easier in its simplest conditions than the bead, far more effective when not used in too great-profusion ; and of which the complete developments are the source of mouldings at once the most picturesque and most serviceable which the Gothic builders invented. § ii. The gunwales of the Venetian heavy barges being liable to somewhat rough collision with each other, and with the walls of the streets, are generally protected by a piece of timber, which projects in the form of the fillet, a, Fig. LL; but which, like all other fillets, may, if we so choose, be considered as composed of two angles or edges, which the natural and most wholesome love of the Venetian boatmen for ornament, otherwise strikingly evidenced by their painted sails and glittering flag-vanes, will not suffer to remain wholly undecorated. The rough service of these timbers, however, will not admit of rich ornament, and the boatbuilder usually contents himself with cutting a series of notches in each edge, one series alternating with the other, as represented at 1, Plate IX. § hi. In that simple ornament, not as confined to Venetian boats, but as representative of a general human instinct to |
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