The Architectural Refinements of St. Mark's at Venice, with Remarks on Other Churches Showing a Similar System of Leaning Verticals; Especially Those in Orvieto, Vicenza...and Including the Renaissance Church of S. Giorgio Maggiore at Venice |
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Page 33
... aisle walls . Several photographs were made in the interior and plumbs were ... angle of the transept wall , which has a depth of 10 feet . At this point no ... angle , and it amounts to 9 inches at the pilaster which is nearest to the ...
... aisle walls . Several photographs were made in the interior and plumbs were ... angle of the transept wall , which has a depth of 10 feet . At this point no ... angle , and it amounts to 9 inches at the pilaster which is nearest to the ...
Page 35
... aisle , looking toward the transept . The outward leaning is partially obscured by Renaissance monu- ments . It amounts to 9 inches at the first pier on the right , and to 6 inches at the angle of the transept wall , in a height of 32 ...
... aisle , looking toward the transept . The outward leaning is partially obscured by Renaissance monu- ments . It amounts to 9 inches at the first pier on the right , and to 6 inches at the angle of the transept wall , in a height of 32 ...
Page 40
... aisle of the church . The measures representing the lean of the pilaster are to be com- pared with those of Plan 1 , for the other angles of the court . This sketch does not attempt to reproduce the vertical leans . It only represents ...
... aisle of the church . The measures representing the lean of the pilaster are to be com- pared with those of Plan 1 , for the other angles of the court . This sketch does not attempt to reproduce the vertical leans . It only represents ...
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... aisle toward the west entrance . The columns facing the pier have been plumbed and are entered on the plan as leaning off .50 each , or 6 inches each . The pier itself has been plumbed as leaning south .60 at one angle and 47 at the ...
... aisle toward the west entrance . The columns facing the pier have been plumbed and are entered on the plan as leaning off .50 each , or 6 inches each . The pier itself has been plumbed as leaning south .60 at one angle and 47 at the ...
Page 79
... angle of the transept aisle , with lean .22 . Compare Plan 6. The arches are true . The view also shows a horizontal curve in elevation of the gallery parapet . Compare Figs . 33 , 34 , 35 for the south transept . brium . Therefore the ...
... angle of the transept aisle , with lean .22 . Compare Plan 6. The arches are true . The view also shows a horizontal curve in elevation of the gallery parapet . Compare Figs . 33 , 34 , 35 for the south transept . brium . Therefore the ...
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15 feet accidental movement aisle angles AMBROGIO apse arch Architectural Record architectural refinements Arezzo bend Borgo San Donnino Brooklyn Institute building Cathedral choir church clerestory column leans Compare Fig Compare Plan constructive corresponding Cremona curve in elevation direction double lean east and west east gallery end walls engaged columns enlargement of 1901 entasis façade facts gallery parapet Giorgio Maggiore height horizontal curves inches lean outward leaning verticals limit of error Mark's at Venice mediæval Memoir Milan nave north and south north vestibule observed opposite sides Orvieto outward leaning outward receding Pavia perpendicular photograph of 1895 photograph of 1901 pilaster leans Pisa Pisa Cathedral plumb measurements plumb-bob plumb-line recede outwards regards right aisle shown by Fig shows side aisles Signor Saccardo south transept south wall Survey enlargement Survey photograph thrust tion transept Plan transept walls uniform vaulting Venice vertical curves Vicenza walls lean west pier west wall