The Stones of Venice
The Foundations Part One
by John Ruskin
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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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Venice, Byzantine Architecture, Art, Description, Philosophy, Gothic Architecture, Description and travel, Architecture, Architecture and society, Details, Art, history, Architecture, history, Architecture, italy, Art, italian, Architecture, renaissance, Venice (italy), description and travel, Buildings, structures, BuildingsPeople
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The Stones of Venice: The Foundations Part One
March 1, 2005, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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The stones of Venice: introductory chapters and local indices for the use of travellers while staying in Venice and Verona
1906, Bernhard Tauchnitz
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"I. SINCE the first 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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