. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. dern art recasts the elements of former styles, without addinganything essentially new, unless we regard as a novelty the customof placing busts, clocks, and knicknacks, on independent Consoleswhich are used as Brackets. Finally: we may mention that in almost every style, Consoles inthe various forms have been used as the Keystones of door andwindow lintels, in which case they are, generally speaking, notSupports, as they have nothing to support. It sh
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. dern art recasts the elements of former styles, without addinganything essentially new, unless we regard as a novelty the customof placing busts, clocks, and knicknacks, on independent Consoleswhich are used as Brackets. Finally: we may mention that in almost every style, Consoles inthe various forms have been used as the Keystones of door andwindow lintels, in which case they are, generally speaking, notSupports, as they have nothing to support. It should be considered inadmissible to apply distorted Consoles i. which have vertical sides though they are on the raking sofitsof pediments, as was done in the Late Roman period, and in imitationthereof by the Renascence in some examples. Examples, of all periods, will be found in Raguenets work; andan exhaustive essay on the Console by Dr. P. F. Krell in the Ge-werbehalle, 1870, No. 10. Plate 145. The —2. Front and side view, Greek, North door, Erechtheum, —4. Front and side view, Roman, Vatican. SUPPOETS. 237.
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