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SECOND PERIOD.
formed it of three pieces of hewn stone inserted in "the wall,
as in Fig. XXVII. Not, however, at first in this perfect form.
The endeavor to reconcile the grace of the reversed arch with
the strength of the round one, and still to build in brick,
ended at first in conditions such as that represented at a, Fig,
Fig, XXVHI.
a
I
XXVIIL, which is a window in the Calle del Pistor, close, to
the church of the Apostoli, a very interesting and perfect example. Here, observe, the poor round arch is still kept to do
all the hard work, and the fantastic ogee takes its pleasure
above, in the form of a moulding merely, a chain of bricks
cast to the required curve. And this condition, translated into
stone-work, becomes a window of the second order (b, Fig.
XXVIIL, or 2, in Plate XIV.); a form perfectly strong and
serviceable, and of immense importance in the transitional
architecture of Venice.
§ xxix. At b, Fig. XXVIIL, as above, is given one of the
earliest and simplest occurrences of the second order window
(in a double group, exactly like the brick transitional form a),
from a most important fragment of a defaced house in the
Salizzada San Lio, close to. the Merceria. It is associated
with a fine pointed brick arch, indisputably of contemporary
work, towards the close of the thirteenth century, and it
is shown to be later than the previous example, a, by the
greater developement of its mouldings. The archivolt pro-
| Title | The stones of Venice - 2 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000286 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 252 SECOND PERIOD. formed it of three pieces of hewn stone inserted in "the wall, as in Fig. XXVII. Not, however, at first in this perfect form. The endeavor to reconcile the grace of the reversed arch with the strength of the round one, and still to build in brick, ended at first in conditions such as that represented at a, Fig, Fig, XXVHI. a I XXVIIL, which is a window in the Calle del Pistor, close, to the church of the Apostoli, a very interesting and perfect example. Here, observe, the poor round arch is still kept to do all the hard work, and the fantastic ogee takes its pleasure above, in the form of a moulding merely, a chain of bricks cast to the required curve. And this condition, translated into stone-work, becomes a window of the second order (b, Fig. XXVIIL, or 2, in Plate XIV.); a form perfectly strong and serviceable, and of immense importance in the transitional architecture of Venice. § xxix. At b, Fig. XXVIIL, as above, is given one of the earliest and simplest occurrences of the second order window (in a double group, exactly like the brick transitional form a), from a most important fragment of a defaced house in the Salizzada San Lio, close to. the Merceria. It is associated with a fine pointed brick arch, indisputably of contemporary work, towards the close of the thirteenth century, and it is shown to be later than the previous example, a, by the greater developement of its mouldings. The archivolt pro- |
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