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[M.36L] [M.36]
There is No 13. Ducal palace. Lower arcade 36
[diagram] between them and the pilaster; but every leaf is bent & waved
like reality: and the surface so smooth that it cannot be believed
it was ever chiselled: - smooth almost to lustre: except one leaf
thrown to the front or outer angle on purpose: which is curved with
its entire reticulation: cross bars and all: in raised ribs, from its
undulating surface: I never saw anything so far carried
Surface in imitative sculpture: The love of surface tracery has much
tracery to do with it - for exactly the same thing is done with the
veins of the figure, which are almost painfully distinct
The type of form about the chest, unless intended for the
contracted form of an old man, is very weak & poor: miserable
if compared with Greek types:
The moulding of the lower arches is the weak point
of the architecture, as the anatomy is of the scu,pture:
It is certainly mean and harsh; only saved by its grand
tore - the row of diamonds is far too small - and wholly
ineffective - acid and grating instead of energetic: The
A cornice on last page l is fair, I find the height of
its upper level a from the ground is 20 ft 3 in. I found
it 20 ft 4 in with a loose line.
Round No 13: Church of St John & Paul: Note further, that the interior
shafts of this church has pure round pillars composed of flat separate
stones, as in margin, with flat capitals; and that nothing can
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[Version 0.05: May 2008]