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266 SECOND PERIOD.
them may be more clearly stated in connexion with other facts
characteristic of that period.
§ xliv. As the examples in Plate XVIL are necessarily
confined to the upper parts of the windows, I have given in
the Plate opposite (XVIII.*) examples of the fifth order
window, both in its earliest and in its fully developed form,
completed from base to keystone. The upper example is a
beautiful group from a small house, never of any size or pretension, and now inhabited only by the poor, in the Campiello
della Strope, close to the Church of San Giacomo de Lorio.
It is remarkable for its excessive purity of curve, and is of
very early date, its mouldings being simpler than usual.f The
lower example is from the second story of a palace belonging
to the Priuli family, near San Lorenzo, and shows one feature
to which our attention has not hitherto been directed, namely,
the penetration of the cusp, leaving only a silver thread of
stone traced on the darkness of the window. I need not say
that, in this condition, the cusp ceases to have any constructive
use, and is merely decorative, but often exceedingly beautiful.
The steps of transition from the early solid cusp to this slender
thread are noticed in the final Appendix, under the head
" Tracery Bars;" the commencement of the change being in
the thinning of the stone, which is not cut through until it is
thoroughly emaciated. Generally speaking, the condition in
which the cusp is found is a useful test of age, when compared
with other points ; the more solid it is, the more ancient: but
the massive form is often found associated with the perforated,
as late as the beginning of the fourteenth century. In the
Ducal Palace, the lower or bearing traceries have the solid
cusp, and the upper traceries of the windows, which are
merely decorative, have the perforated cusp, both with exquisite effect.
§ xlv. The smaller balconies between the great shafts in
the lower example in Plate XVIII. are original and character-
* This Plate is not from a drawing of mine. It has been engraved by
Mr. Armytage, with great skill, from two daguerreotypes.
f Vide final Appendix, under head "Archivolt."
| 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 | 00000306 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 266 SECOND PERIOD. them may be more clearly stated in connexion with other facts characteristic of that period. § xliv. As the examples in Plate XVIL are necessarily confined to the upper parts of the windows, I have given in the Plate opposite (XVIII.*) examples of the fifth order window, both in its earliest and in its fully developed form, completed from base to keystone. The upper example is a beautiful group from a small house, never of any size or pretension, and now inhabited only by the poor, in the Campiello della Strope, close to the Church of San Giacomo de Lorio. It is remarkable for its excessive purity of curve, and is of very early date, its mouldings being simpler than usual.f The lower example is from the second story of a palace belonging to the Priuli family, near San Lorenzo, and shows one feature to which our attention has not hitherto been directed, namely, the penetration of the cusp, leaving only a silver thread of stone traced on the darkness of the window. I need not say that, in this condition, the cusp ceases to have any constructive use, and is merely decorative, but often exceedingly beautiful. The steps of transition from the early solid cusp to this slender thread are noticed in the final Appendix, under the head " Tracery Bars;" the commencement of the change being in the thinning of the stone, which is not cut through until it is thoroughly emaciated. Generally speaking, the condition in which the cusp is found is a useful test of age, when compared with other points ; the more solid it is, the more ancient: but the massive form is often found associated with the perforated, as late as the beginning of the fourteenth century. In the Ducal Palace, the lower or bearing traceries have the solid cusp, and the upper traceries of the windows, which are merely decorative, have the perforated cusp, both with exquisite effect. § xlv. The smaller balconies between the great shafts in the lower example in Plate XVIII. are original and character- * This Plate is not from a drawing of mine. It has been engraved by Mr. Armytage, with great skill, from two daguerreotypes. f Vide final Appendix, under head "Archivolt." |
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