The Stones of Venice

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The stones of Venice

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The Stones of Venice The foundations

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The Stones of Venice The foundations

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Ruskin s Works The stones of Venice

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The Stones of Venice

It is the meeting of stone and water that creates much of the magic of Venice, the solidity and permanence of the former and the evanescent fragility of the latter. Had Venice been built of wood, the incursions of sea water and the rugged climate would have destroyed the city centuries ago. What these elements have done, however, is to wear away exterior surfaces, making the simplest brick wall an object of contemplation, and giving a special patina to the expensive marbles used for anything from a staircase to a masterpiece of sculpture. The Venetians were great craftsmen and artists, and their use of stone is unparalleled in any other city. Following the Byzantine tradition, multi-coloured pieces of marble and semi-precious stone covered the floors of a religious building in a magic mosaic, while later on chips of marble of all possible hues were tossed into cement to carpet the floors of great palaces. During the middle ages and the Renaissance, multi-coloured marble tombs climbed up the walls of the city's churches and great artists such as Andrea Verrochio, Alessandro Vittoria or Tiziano Aspetti made magnificent stones statues in all sizes for church and state as well as for t

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The stones of Venice 3 vol

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The Stones of Venice Volume III the Fall

"More than simply a survey of an ancient city's most significant buildings, The Stones of Venice first published in three volumes between 1851 and 1853 is an expression of a philosophy of art, nature, and morality that goes beyond art history, and has inspired such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Mahatma Gandhi. Volume III, which looks at Venetian buildings of the Early, Roman, and grotesque Renaissance, provides an analysis of the transitional forms of Arabian and Byzantine architecture while tracing the city s spiritual and architectural decline. Unabridged, and containing Ruskin s original drawings, this guide to the moral, spiritual, and aesthetic implications of architecture is a treasure for students and scholars alike. The preeminent art critic of his time, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819 1900) had a profound influence upon European painting, architecture, and aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. His immense body of literary works include Modern Painters, Volume I IV (1843 1856); The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849); Unto This Last (1862); Munera Pulveris (1862 3); The Crown of Wild Olive (1866); Time and Tide (1867); and Fors Clavigera (1871-84)."

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The Stones of Venice

The Doctor and Charley become embroiled in the decadent court of a tired Duke and his search for his beloved wife. The curse of the long since dead Duchess has finally come to pass and the enchanted city of Venice is sinking beneath the canals.

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The Stones of Venice Early renaissance The spite of the proud The street of the tombs Infidelitas Mene Castel Franco Appendix I Grotesque renaissance II Venetian index

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Ruskin The stones of Venice pt 1 The founations pt 2 The sea stories pt 3 The fall

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The Nature of Gothic

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Works of John Ruskin Modern painters v 5 6 The stones of Venice v 7 Seven lamps of architecture Lectures on architecture and painting The study of architecture Poetry of architecture v 8 Two paths on art Lectures on art Political economy of art Pre Raphaelitism Notes on the construction of sheepfolds King of the golden river v 9 Elements of drawing Elements of perspective Aratra pentelici v 10 Ariadne Florentina Fors clavigera v 11 Sesame and lilies Ethics of the dust Crown of wild olive Queen of the air v 12 Time and tide Unto this last Munera pulveris Eagle s nest

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The Works of John Ruskin The stones of Venice 4th ed 1886

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Notes for The Stones of Venice

Working notes, apparently removed from a larger sketchbook. Includes 2 drawings of windows and one of a capital, with sketches of a cornice and shaft, and an explanatory note all describing features of the Canal facade of the Doge's Palace. In their catalogue of drawings, Cook and Wedderburn state that "very numerous sheets of loose sketches of notes, measurements, etc., made during Ruskin's work on The stones of Venice are in existence." Although they list only drawings that had been exhibited or published, they reproduce two studies very similar in character to this sheet (The works of John Ruskin, eds. E.T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, 1909, volume 38, page 18).

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The Stones of Venice The fall

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Works of John Ruskin The stones of Venice

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Stones of Venice

Introductory Chapters and Local Indices for the Use of Travellers While Staying in Venice and Verona

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The Stones of Venice Volume I The Foundations

"More than simply a survey of an ancient city's most significant buildings, The Stones of Venice first published in three volumes between 1851 and 1853 is an expression of a philosophy of art, nature, and morality that goes beyond art history, and has inspired such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Mahatma Gandhi. Volume I, intended as the groundwork for the author's subsequent architectural teaching, provides a brief history of Venice and an analysis of architecture s functional and ornamental aspects. Unabridged, and containing Ruskin s original drawings, this guide to the moral, spiritual, and aesthetic implications of architecture will be appreciated by students and scholars alike. The preeminent art critic of his time, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819 1900) had a profound influence upon European painting, architecture, and aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. His immense body of literary works include Modern Painters, Volume I IV (1843 1856); The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849); Unto This Last (1862); Munera Pulveris (1862 3); The Crown of Wild Olive (1866); Time and Tide (1867); and Fors Clavigera (1871-84)."

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Ruskin s Venice

Photographer Sarah Quill has selected passages from Ruskin's The Stones of Venice and has linked them to her own photographs of Venetian architecture, so creating a fascinating guide that fuses Ruskin's vision of the city with images of the present day

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