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DECORATION. XXVII. THE CORNICE AND CAPITAL. 331
example I ever met with of the convex family, to which, in
spite of the central inward bend of its profile, it is marked as
distinctly belonging, by the bold convex curve at its root,
springing from the shaft in the line of the Christian Doric
cornice, and exactly reversing the structure of the other profile, which rises from the shaft, like a palm leaf from its
stem. Farther, in the profile 13, the innermost line is that
of the bell; but in the profile 14, the outermost line is that
of the bell, and the inner line is the limit of the incisions of
the chisel, in undercutting a reticulated veil of ornament, surrounding a flower like a lily; most ingeniously, and, I hope,
justly, conjectured by the Marchese Selvatico to have been intended for an imitation of the capitals of the temple of Solomon, which Hiram made, with " nets of checker work, and
wreaths of chain work for the chapiters that were on the top
of the pillars . . . and the chapiters that were upon the top of
the pillars were of lily work in the porch." (1 Kings, vii. 17,
19-)
§ XLvni. On this exquisite capital there is imposed an
abacus of the profile with which we began our investigation
long ago, the profile a of Fig. V. This abacus is formed by
the cornice already given, a, of Plate XVI.: and therefore we
have, in this lovely Venetian capital, the summary of the results of our investigation, from its beginning to its close : the
type of the first cornice ; the decoration of it, in its emergence
from the classical models ; the gathering into the capital; the
superimposition of the secondary cornice, and the refinement
of the bell of the capital by triple curvature in the two limits
of chiselling. I cannot express the exquisite refinements of
the curves on the small scale of Plate XV.; I will give them
more accurately in a larger engraving ; but the scale on wine1-*
they are here given will not prevent the reader from perceiving, and let him note it thoughtfully, that the outer curve
of the noble capital is the one which was our first example o*"
associated curves ; that I have had no need, throughout the
whole of our inquiry, to refer to any other ornamental line
than the three which I at first chose, the simplest of those
| 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 | 00000386 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | DECORATION. XXVII. THE CORNICE AND CAPITAL. 331 example I ever met with of the convex family, to which, in spite of the central inward bend of its profile, it is marked as distinctly belonging, by the bold convex curve at its root, springing from the shaft in the line of the Christian Doric cornice, and exactly reversing the structure of the other profile, which rises from the shaft, like a palm leaf from its stem. Farther, in the profile 13, the innermost line is that of the bell; but in the profile 14, the outermost line is that of the bell, and the inner line is the limit of the incisions of the chisel, in undercutting a reticulated veil of ornament, surrounding a flower like a lily; most ingeniously, and, I hope, justly, conjectured by the Marchese Selvatico to have been intended for an imitation of the capitals of the temple of Solomon, which Hiram made, with " nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work for the chapiters that were on the top of the pillars . . . and the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch." (1 Kings, vii. 17, 19-) § XLvni. On this exquisite capital there is imposed an abacus of the profile with which we began our investigation long ago, the profile a of Fig. V. This abacus is formed by the cornice already given, a, of Plate XVI.: and therefore we have, in this lovely Venetian capital, the summary of the results of our investigation, from its beginning to its close : the type of the first cornice ; the decoration of it, in its emergence from the classical models ; the gathering into the capital; the superimposition of the secondary cornice, and the refinement of the bell of the capital by triple curvature in the two limits of chiselling. I cannot express the exquisite refinements of the curves on the small scale of Plate XV.; I will give them more accurately in a larger engraving ; but the scale on wine1-* they are here given will not prevent the reader from perceiving, and let him note it thoughtfully, that the outer curve of the noble capital is the one which was our first example o*" associated curves ; that I have had no need, throughout the whole of our inquiry, to refer to any other ornamental line than the three which I at first chose, the simplest of those |
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