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CHAPTER XXV.
THE BASE.
§ i. We know now as much as is needful respecting the
methods of minor and universal decorations, which were distinguished in Chapter XXIL, § in., from the ornament which
has special relation to particular parts. This local ornament,
which, it will be remembered, we arranged in § 11. of the same
chapter under five heads, we have next, under those heads, to
consider. And, first, the ornament of the bases, both of walls
and shafts.
It was noticed in our account of the divisions of a wall, that
there are something in those divisions like the beginning, the
several courses, and the close of a human life. And as, in all
well-conducted lives, the hard work, and roughing, and gaining
of strength come first, the honor or decoration in certain
intervals during their course, but most of all in their close, so,
in general, the base of the wall, which is its beginning of labor,
will bear least decoration, its body more, especially those
'epochs of rest called its string courses; but its crown or cornice
most of all. Still, in some buildings, all these are decorated
richly, though the last most; and in others, when the base is
well protected and yet conspicuous, it may probably receive
even more decoration than other parts.
§ ii. Now, the main things to be expressed in a base are its
levelness and evenness. We cannot do better than construct
the several members of the base, as developed in Fig. IL, p.
55, each of a different colored marble, so as to produce
marked level bars of color all along the foundation. This is
exquisitely done in all the Italian elaborate wall bases ; that of
St. Anastasia at Verona is one of the most perfect existing, for
| 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 | 00000320 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAPTER XXV. THE BASE. § i. We know now as much as is needful respecting the methods of minor and universal decorations, which were distinguished in Chapter XXIL, § in., from the ornament which has special relation to particular parts. This local ornament, which, it will be remembered, we arranged in § 11. of the same chapter under five heads, we have next, under those heads, to consider. And, first, the ornament of the bases, both of walls and shafts. It was noticed in our account of the divisions of a wall, that there are something in those divisions like the beginning, the several courses, and the close of a human life. And as, in all well-conducted lives, the hard work, and roughing, and gaining of strength come first, the honor or decoration in certain intervals during their course, but most of all in their close, so, in general, the base of the wall, which is its beginning of labor, will bear least decoration, its body more, especially those 'epochs of rest called its string courses; but its crown or cornice most of all. Still, in some buildings, all these are decorated richly, though the last most; and in others, when the base is well protected and yet conspicuous, it may probably receive even more decoration than other parts. § ii. Now, the main things to be expressed in a base are its levelness and evenness. We cannot do better than construct the several members of the base, as developed in Fig. IL, p. 55, each of a different colored marble, so as to produce marked level bars of color all along the foundation. This is exquisitely done in all the Italian elaborate wall bases ; that of St. Anastasia at Verona is one of the most perfect existing, for |
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