Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 347
he most essential points respecting them. (1.) The Spandril. It was observed in Chapter XIL, that thisportion of the arch load might frequently be lightened with greatadvantage by piercing it with a circle, or with a group of circles;and the roof of the Euston Square railroad station was adducedas… … *, I decoration. XXVI. THE WALL VEIL AND SHAFT. 303 Sometimes the circle is entirely pierced; at other times it ismerely suggested by a mosaic or light tracery on the wallsurface, as in the plate opposite, which is one of the spandrils ofthe Ducal Palace at Venice. It was evidently intended that…
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