Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 214
n traceries, as wellas iron pillars, iron churches, and iron steeples. But I have, inthe Seven Lamps, given reasons for not considering suchstructures as architecture at all. The window-bars must, therefore, be of stone, and of stone only. § v. The purpose of the window being always to let in as… … Let it be required to support the breadth of glass, a &, Fig.XLV. The tendency of theglass sustaining any force, as ofwind from without, is to bend a ____ h into an arch inwards, m the c dotted line, and break in the I- o o B centre. It is to be supported,therefore, by the bar put in itscentre,…
Architecture · Sculpture
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