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III. CAPITALS.
10. FINAL APPENDIX. 235
Byzantine school expired; but from the Byzantine simple capital
(1, Plate II. above) which was coexistent with them, sprang
another hardy race of capitals, whose succession we have now to
trace.
The form 1, Plate II. is evidently the simplest conceivable
condition of the truncated capital, long ago represented generally in Vol. I., being only rounded a little on its side to fit it to
the shaft. The next step was to place a leaf beneath each of the
truncations (fig. 4, Plate II., San Giacomo de Lorio), the end of
the leaf curling over at the top in a somewhat formal spiral,
partly connected with the traditional volute of the Corinthian
capital. The sides are then enriched by the addition of some
ornament, as a shield (fig. 7) or rose (fig. 10), and we have the
formed capital of the early Gothic. Fig. 10, being from the
palace of Marco Querini, is certainly not later than the middle
of the thirteenth century (see Vol. II.), and fig. 7, is, I believe,
of the same date; it is one of the bearing capitals of the lower
story of the palace at the Apostoli, and is remarkably fine in the
treatment of its angle leaves, which are not deeply under-cut,
but show their magnificent sweeping under surface all the way
down, not as a leaf surface, but treated like the gorget of a helmet, with a curved line across it like that where the gorget
meets the mail. I never saw anything finer in simple design.
Fig. 10 is given chiefly as a certification of date, and to show the
treatment of the capitals of this school on a small scale. Observe the more expansive head in proportion to the diameter of
the shaft, the leaves being drawn from the angles, as if gathered
in the hand, till their edges meet; and compare the rule given
in Vol. I. Chap. IX. §xiv. The capitals of the remarkable
house, of which a portion is represented in Fig. XXXI. Vol. II.,
are most curious and pure examples of this condition; with
experimental trefoils, roses, and leaves introduced between their
volutes. When compared with those of the Querini Palace,
they form one of the most important evidences of the date of the
building.
Fig. 13. One of the bearing capitals, already drawn on a
small scale in the windows represented in Plate XVI. Vol. II.
Now, observe. The capital of the form of fig. 10 appeared
sufficient to the Venetians for all ordinary purposes; and they
| Title | The stones of Venice - 3 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000259 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | III. CAPITALS. 10. FINAL APPENDIX. 235 Byzantine school expired; but from the Byzantine simple capital (1, Plate II. above) which was coexistent with them, sprang another hardy race of capitals, whose succession we have now to trace. The form 1, Plate II. is evidently the simplest conceivable condition of the truncated capital, long ago represented generally in Vol. I., being only rounded a little on its side to fit it to the shaft. The next step was to place a leaf beneath each of the truncations (fig. 4, Plate II., San Giacomo de Lorio), the end of the leaf curling over at the top in a somewhat formal spiral, partly connected with the traditional volute of the Corinthian capital. The sides are then enriched by the addition of some ornament, as a shield (fig. 7) or rose (fig. 10), and we have the formed capital of the early Gothic. Fig. 10, being from the palace of Marco Querini, is certainly not later than the middle of the thirteenth century (see Vol. II.), and fig. 7, is, I believe, of the same date; it is one of the bearing capitals of the lower story of the palace at the Apostoli, and is remarkably fine in the treatment of its angle leaves, which are not deeply under-cut, but show their magnificent sweeping under surface all the way down, not as a leaf surface, but treated like the gorget of a helmet, with a curved line across it like that where the gorget meets the mail. I never saw anything finer in simple design. Fig. 10 is given chiefly as a certification of date, and to show the treatment of the capitals of this school on a small scale. Observe the more expansive head in proportion to the diameter of the shaft, the leaves being drawn from the angles, as if gathered in the hand, till their edges meet; and compare the rule given in Vol. I. Chap. IX. §xiv. The capitals of the remarkable house, of which a portion is represented in Fig. XXXI. Vol. II., are most curious and pure examples of this condition; with experimental trefoils, roses, and leaves introduced between their volutes. When compared with those of the Querini Palace, they form one of the most important evidences of the date of the building. Fig. 13. One of the bearing capitals, already drawn on a small scale in the windows represented in Plate XVI. Vol. II. Now, observe. The capital of the form of fig. 10 appeared sufficient to the Venetians for all ordinary purposes; and they |
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