- Venice, Byzantine Architecture, Art, Description
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from 1851 to 1853. The Stones of Venice examines Venetian architecture in detail, describing for example over eighty churches. Ruskin discusses architecture of Venice's Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance periods, and provides a general history of the city.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- John Ruskin
- First published
- 1851
- Pages
- 254
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co., G. Allen, Belford, Clarke & Co.
- Editions
- 144
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English
- ISBN
- 9783842472563
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“SINCE FIRST the dominion of men was asserted over the ocean, three thrones, of mark beyond all others, have been set upon its sands: the thrones of Tyre, Venice, and England.”
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