On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2): A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and LiteratureRuskin, John
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On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2): A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
Ruskin, John
Art; Essays; Literature
(29.) _Sketch, real size, of the pattern incised and painted on the
drapery of the Tomb of Can Mastino II._ (R.)
It is worth notice for the variety of its pattern; observe, the
floral fillings of spaces resemble each other, but are never the
same. There is no end, when one begins drawing detail of this kind
carefully. Slight as it is, the sketch gives some idea of the easy
flow of the stone drapery, and of the care taken by the sculptor to
paint his pattern _as if_ it were bent at the apparent fold.
250. (30.) _Tomb of Can Signorio della Scala._
Samuel Prout's sketch on the spot; (afterwards lithographed by him
in his "Sketches in France and Italy";) quite admirable in feeling,
composition, and concise abstraction of essential character.
The family palace of the Scaligers, in which Dante was received, is
seen behind it.
(31.) _A single niche and part of the iron-work of the Tomb of Can
Signorio._ (R.)
As seen from the palace of the Scaligers; the remains of another
house of the same family are seen in the little street beyond.
(32.) _Study of details of the top of the Tomb of Can Signorio._ (R.)
Needing more work than I had time for, and quite spoiled by hurry;
but interesting in pieces here and there; look, for instance, at
the varied size and design of the crockets; and beauty of the
cornices.
(33.) _Bracket under Sarcophagus of Giovanni della Scala._ (A.)
Characteristic of the finest later treatment of flowing foliage.
251. (34.) _Part of the front of the Ducal Palace, Venice._ (R.)
Sketched, in 1852, by measurement, with extreme care; and showing
the sharp window traceries, which are rarely seen in Photographs.
(35.) _Angle of the Ducal Palace, looking Seaward from the Piazzetta._
(R.)
Sketched last year, (restorations being threatened) merely to show
the way in which the light is let through the edges of the angle by
penetration of the upper capital, and of the foliage in the
sculpture below; so that the mass may not come unbroken against the
sky.
(36.) _Photograph of the Angle Capital of Upper Arcade seen in No. 34._
Showing the pierced portions, and their treatment.
(37-38.) _Capitals of the Upper Arcade._
Showing the grandest treatment of architectural foliage attained by
the 14th century masters; massive for all purposes of support;
exquisitely soft and refined in contour, and faultlessly composed.
SECTION III. TIME OF "THE MASTERS."
252. (39.) _Study of the top of the Pilaster next the Castelbarco Tomb._
(R.)
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