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The Stones of Venice: Volume III. The Fall
by John Ruskin

ISBN: 0486443191
Dover Publications Price: $60.00
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More than 150 years after its first publication in 1851-53, this massive work by a great Victorian writer, critic, and artist remains one of the most influential books on art and architecture ever written. In this third volume, he discusses the Byzantine period and the development of Venetian life in its brilliant Gothic period. 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 III. The Fall
Third, or Renaissance, Period
Chapter I Early Renaissance
Chapter II Roman Renaissance
Chapter III Grotesque Renaissance
Chapter IV Conclusion
Additional Chapter Castel-Franco
Appendix
1. Architect of the Ducal Palace
2. Theology of Spenser
3. Austrian Government in Italy
4. Date on the Palaces of the Byzantine Renaissance
5. Renaissance Side of Ducal Palace
6. Character of the Doge Michele Morosini
7. Modern Education
8. Early Venetian Marriages
9. Character of the Venetian Aristocracy
10. Final Appendix
11. Additional Notes from the "Travellers' Edition" of "Stones of Venice" (1877)
Venetian Index

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