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by John Ruskin
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ISBN: 0486443183 Dover Publications Price: $60.00 |
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Volume II, The Sea-Stories, examines the Byzantine era and the brilliant architectural developments of Venice's Gothic period. Readers will find no better guide to the spiritual content and aesthetic pleasures of architecture. This is the only unabridged edition in print, with all of Ruskin's original drawings. Hardcover edition. 20 plates, 38 figures.
Unabridged republication of the fourth edition as published by George Allen, Sunnyside, Kent, 1886.
Table of Contents for The Stones of Venice: Volume II. The Sea-Stories
| First, or Byzantine, Period | |||||||
| Chapter I The Throne | |||||||
| Chapter II Torcello | |||||||
| Chapter III Murano | |||||||
| Chapter IV St. Mark's | |||||||
| Chapter V Byzantine Palaces | |||||||
| Second, or Gothic, Period | |||||||
| Chapter VI The Nature of Gothic | |||||||
| Chapter VII Gothic Palaces | |||||||
| Chapter VIII The Ducal Palace | |||||||
| Appendix | |||||||
| 1. The Gondolier's Cry | |||||||
| 2. Our Lady of Salvation | |||||||
| 3. Tides of Venice, and Measures at Torcello | |||||||
| 4. Date of the Duomo of Torcello | |||||||
| 5. Modern Pulpits | |||||||
| 6. Apse of Murano | |||||||
| 7. Early Venetian Dress | |||||||
| 8. Inscriptions at Murano | |||||||
| 9. Shafts of St. Mark | |||||||
| 10. Proper Sense of the Word Idolatry | |||||||
| 11. Situations of Byzantine Palaces | |||||||
| 12. Modern Painting on Glass | |||||||
| 13. Additional Notes from the "Travellers' Edition" of "Stones of Venice," 1877 |