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244 10. FINAL APPENDIX. rv. ARCHTVOLT&
IV. Archivolts.
In Plate VIII., opposite, are arranged in one view all the
conditions of Byzantine archivolt employed in Venice, on a large
scale. It will be seen in an instant that there can be no mis-)
taking the manner of their masonry. The soffit of the arch is
the horizontal line at the bottom of all these profiles, and each of
them (except 13, 14) is composed of two slabs of marble, one
for the soffit, another for the face of the arch; the one on the
soffit is worked on the edge into a roll (fig. 10) or dentil (fig. 9),
and the one on the face is bordered on the other side by another
piece let edgeways into the wall, and also worked into a roll or
dentil: in the richer archivolts a cornice is added to this roll, as
in figs. 1 and 4, or takes its place, as in figs. 1, 3, 5, and 6; and
in such richer examples the facestone, and often the soffit, are
sculptured, the sculpture being cut into their surfaces, as indicated in fig. 11. The concavities cut in the facestones of 1, 2, 4,
5, 6 are all indicative of sculpture in effect like that of Fig.
XXVI. Vol. II., of which archivolt fig. 5, here, is the actual
profile. The following are the references to the whole:
1. Rio-Foscari House.
2. Terraced House, entrance door.
3. Small Porticos of St. Mark's, external arches.
4. Arch on the canal at Ponte St. Toma.
5. Arch of Corte del Remer.
6. Great outermost archivolt of central door, St.
Mark's.
7. Inner archivolt of southern porch, St. Mark's
-cLATE Vlll. Tru„„.q~ f
V 1 TTT -bacade.
• ' 8. Inner archivolt of central entrance, St. Mark's.»'
9. Fondaco de' Turchi, main arcade.
10. Byzantine restored house on Grand Canal, lower
arcade.
11. Terraced House, upper arcade.
12. Inner archivolt of northern porch of facade, St.
Mark's.
13 and 14. Transitional forms.
| 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 | 00000268 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 244 10. FINAL APPENDIX. rv. ARCHTVOLT& IV. Archivolts. In Plate VIII., opposite, are arranged in one view all the conditions of Byzantine archivolt employed in Venice, on a large scale. It will be seen in an instant that there can be no mis-) taking the manner of their masonry. The soffit of the arch is the horizontal line at the bottom of all these profiles, and each of them (except 13, 14) is composed of two slabs of marble, one for the soffit, another for the face of the arch; the one on the soffit is worked on the edge into a roll (fig. 10) or dentil (fig. 9), and the one on the face is bordered on the other side by another piece let edgeways into the wall, and also worked into a roll or dentil: in the richer archivolts a cornice is added to this roll, as in figs. 1 and 4, or takes its place, as in figs. 1, 3, 5, and 6; and in such richer examples the facestone, and often the soffit, are sculptured, the sculpture being cut into their surfaces, as indicated in fig. 11. The concavities cut in the facestones of 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 are all indicative of sculpture in effect like that of Fig. XXVI. Vol. II., of which archivolt fig. 5, here, is the actual profile. The following are the references to the whole: 1. Rio-Foscari House. 2. Terraced House, entrance door. 3. Small Porticos of St. Mark's, external arches. 4. Arch on the canal at Ponte St. Toma. 5. Arch of Corte del Remer. 6. Great outermost archivolt of central door, St. Mark's. 7. Inner archivolt of southern porch, St. Mark's -cLATE Vlll. Tru„„.q~ f V 1 TTT -bacade. • ' 8. Inner archivolt of central entrance, St. Mark's.»' 9. Fondaco de' Turchi, main arcade. 10. Byzantine restored house on Grand Canal, lower arcade. 11. Terraced House, upper arcade. 12. Inner archivolt of northern porch of facade, St. Mark's. 13 and 14. Transitional forms. |
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