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DECORATION. XXVII. THE CORNICE AND CAPITAL. 309
they represent the four conditions of treatment of every such
line; namely, the longest curve concave in e and/*, and convex
in g and h ; and the point of contrary flexure set high in e
and g, and low in/" and h. The relative depth of the arcs, or
nature of their curvature, cannot be taken into consideration
without a complexity of system which my space does not
admit.
?" Of the four types thus constituted, e and/ are of great importance; the other two are rarely used, having an appearance
of weakness in consequence of the shortest curve being concave : the profiles e andy, when used for cornices, have usually
a fuller sweep and somewhat greater equality between the
branches of the curve; but those here given are better representatives of the structure applicable to capitals and cornices
indifferently.
§ x. Very often, in the farther treatment of the profiles e
or f, another limb is added to their curve in order to join it to
the upper or lower members of the cornice or capital. I do
not consider this addition as forming another family of cornices, because the leading and effective part of the curve is in
these, as in the others, the single ogee; and the added bend is
merely a less abrupt termination of it above or below: still this
group is of so great importance in the richer kinds of ornamentation that we must have it sufficiently represented. We
shall obtain a type of it by merely continuing the line of the
Matterhorn side, of which before we took only a fragment.
The entire line e to g on Plate VII., is evidently composed of
three curves of unequal lengths, which if we call the shortest
1, the intermediate one 2, and the longest 3, are there arranged
in the order 1, 3, 2, counting upwards. But evidently we might
also have had the arrangements 1, 2, 3, and 2, 1, 3, giving us
three distinct lines, altogether independent of position, which
being applied to one general dotted slope will each give four
cornices, or twelve altogether. Of these the six most important are those which have the shortest curve convex: they are
given in light relief from k to p, Plate XV., and, by turning
the page upside down, the other six will be seen in dark re-
| 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 | 00000358 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | DECORATION. XXVII. THE CORNICE AND CAPITAL. 309 they represent the four conditions of treatment of every such line; namely, the longest curve concave in e and/*, and convex in g and h ; and the point of contrary flexure set high in e and g, and low in/" and h. The relative depth of the arcs, or nature of their curvature, cannot be taken into consideration without a complexity of system which my space does not admit. ?" Of the four types thus constituted, e and/ are of great importance; the other two are rarely used, having an appearance of weakness in consequence of the shortest curve being concave : the profiles e andy, when used for cornices, have usually a fuller sweep and somewhat greater equality between the branches of the curve; but those here given are better representatives of the structure applicable to capitals and cornices indifferently. § x. Very often, in the farther treatment of the profiles e or f, another limb is added to their curve in order to join it to the upper or lower members of the cornice or capital. I do not consider this addition as forming another family of cornices, because the leading and effective part of the curve is in these, as in the others, the single ogee; and the added bend is merely a less abrupt termination of it above or below: still this group is of so great importance in the richer kinds of ornamentation that we must have it sufficiently represented. We shall obtain a type of it by merely continuing the line of the Matterhorn side, of which before we took only a fragment. The entire line e to g on Plate VII., is evidently composed of three curves of unequal lengths, which if we call the shortest 1, the intermediate one 2, and the longest 3, are there arranged in the order 1, 3, 2, counting upwards. But evidently we might also have had the arrangements 1, 2, 3, and 2, 1, 3, giving us three distinct lines, altogether independent of position, which being applied to one general dotted slope will each give four cornices, or twelve altogether. Of these the six most important are those which have the shortest curve convex: they are given in light relief from k to p, Plate XV., and, by turning the page upside down, the other six will be seen in dark re- |
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