The Stones of Venice

2024/12/31 by John Ruskin
Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Architectural Studies

paper · doi:10.3138/9781487548100

openalex publication_date 2024/12/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Book One The Quarry The Virtues of Architecture The Six Divisions of Architecture The Wall Base The Wall Veil The Wall Cornice The Arch The Roof The Buttress The Superimposition The Material of Ornament Treatment of Ornament Part One: The Byzantine Period The Throne Torcello St. Marks Part Two: The Gothic Period The Nature of Gothic The Ducal Palace Part Three: The Renaissance Period Early Renaissance Roman Renaissance Grotesque Renaissance Conclusion.

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