This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ... marble into the wall, like any other stone, in regular courses. Mr Street1 condemns the first method as unconstructional, which has no doubt been proved in some cases, though its duration to our day in the majority of instances helps to justify it. His unqualified approval is reserved for the other method. But it must ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ... marble into the wall, like any other stone, in regular courses. Mr Street1 condemns the first method as unconstructional, which has no doubt been proved in some cases, though its duration to our day in the majority of instances helps to justify it. His unqualified approval is reserved for the other method. But it must be remembered that these two modes of using marble had Their different objects in view, and that while the Lombard objects 1 Brick and Marble in Italy. Poly-plan aimed at the agreeable variation of the surface by masonry bands and chequers, the Venetian mode, which is, in fact, the Byzantine mode of Constantinople, Ravenna, Salonica, and the Istrian churches, aimed rather at display of the veining and blots of lovely colour in the material by using it in large slabs. Often plaques were put together from the same block reversed, so that the figure of the veins made a regular pattern, a common device at Constantinople and Ravenna, where red cipollino is used in this way with splendid effect. For outside work no doubt the Lombard plan is the better, but inside, out of reach of weather, the Venetian use produces a much finer effect. 1ndividu-The Gothic of Italy was much more individual than 1!aUanf that of the North. "Unfortunately," says Fergusson, . jn this style we know the names of all the architects." I do not know why this is unfortunate. Our ignorance of the names and personality of most of the Northern Gothic architects is accidental, owing to their living in an age and a country which were illiterate compared with Italy. They have had no Vasari to embalm their memories, and for the most part illacrumabiles urgentur ignotique longa nocte, carent quia vate sacro. It is not to be supposed they were less proud of their work tha...
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