The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 01, No. 02, February 1895.: Byzantine-Romanesque Doorways in Southern ItalyVarious
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The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Vol. 01, No. 02, February 1895.: Byzantine-Romanesque Doorways in Southern Italy
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Architecture -- Periodicals
Apropos of the illustrations in the last number of THE BROCHURE SERIES,
in the descriptive notices of which we had occasion to refer to Mr.
Ruskin, his latest published work will be found interesting. The title,
"_Verona and other Lectures_," does not convey a very complete idea of
the contents of the book. None of the five lectures included is strictly
architectural in subject matter, and but one, the first, "Verona and its
Rivers," has any direct bearing upon architecture, and this only from
the historical side. The illustrations, with a single exception from
drawings by the author, although lacking in most of the qualities of
good draughtsmanship, are well worth examination and study. Plates II.
and V., "A Fountain at Verona," and "The Castelbarco Tomb, Sta.
Anastasia, Verona," the first made in 1841 and the second in 1835, are
from the point of view of the architect the most interesting. They are
both pencil sketches, the first accented with a few touches of wash in
the shadows and darker portions of the drawing. Plate IX. represents the
angle of the Ducal Palace, Venice, the same given as the frontispiece in
the last issue of THE BROCHURE SERIES. It would hardly be possible to
come nearer the same point of view if the coincidence were intentional.
In the comparison which this forces upon Mr. Ruskin very naturally
suffers, as might be expected, from the fact that his training in
drawing was not the most thorough. His proportions are somewhat faulty
and the detail is only vaguely suggested, in fact this is more or less
true of all his drawings. Nevertheless the book will be welcome to many
architects for the valuable suggestions it contains both in text and
illustrations; and the author's wonderful and fascinating literary style
is here as unmistakably in evidence as in any of his older works. This
alone is sufficient inducement to tempt the reader to take it up.
#Club Notes.#
At the suggestion of several subscribers, the addresses are given below
of the secretaries of the principal architectural clubs as far as they
are known to us, but there are several omissions and possibly some
mistakes. In order that these associations may be of as great mutual
assistance to each other as possible, through correspondence, the
exchange of notices of competitions, etc., it is requested that any not
included in the following list will communicate the desired information
to the editor of THE BROCHURE SERIES. Corrections or additions will be
made in later issues, and the various secretaries will confer a favor by
keeping the editor informed of any changes of address or organization.
LIST OF CLUBS.
Sketch Club of New York, club rooms 1473 Broadway; recording secretary,
Alfred F. Evans; corresponding secretary, Hobart A. Walker.
Boston Architectural Club, rooms 5 Tremont Place; secretary, F. Manton
Wakefield.
The T-Square Club, Philadelphia, rooms Broad and Pine Streets;
secretary, A.C. Munoz, 212 South Third Street.
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