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[M.18L] [M.18] Monza. Duomo. 18
their moulding shown in the pure transparent golden marble; of
which one can see through the edges. They hardly amount to more
than undulations, and would be meagre in a common stone; above
the disposition of the alternate shafts & squares is shown in
fig 2 p 41: They are crowned by exquisitely rich & delicate
capitals; and these support a horizontal frieze thrown across
their angles, with egg & foliage mouldings of perfect beauty;
richly rounded, Almost the same moulding crowns the still
more finished detached capital of the two main shafts, rudely
sketched at p 42, remarkable for their expansion; perhaps the
loveliest cinq-cento capitals I have yet seen: their bases simple
& square: (shafts of deep green serpentine opposed to white marble
capital & base) set on a high pedestal, through which is
seen a monster, much broken: the proportion of pedestal to
Bases of shaft rudely at p 43 l 1; it would be vile in a row of shafts
shafts - it is beautiful on each side of a porch: its proportions here
quite perfect. The whole work in its unity of classical
or cinqu.cento dignity & grace & delicacy of ornament &
moulding, with a pure early gothic plan, and intricacy
of shadow, is unique; and marks a manner never yet
worked out: and soon lost by the over prevalence of
renaissance forms.
Its foliation is throughout also full of grace, though received with
flat fillets. purely penetrative: like slender trefoils and always
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]