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The Works of John Ruskin: The stones of Venice

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G. Allen, 1904

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THIRD OR RENAISSANCE PERIOD	3

TEMPERANCE AND INTEMPERANCE IN CURVATURE	8

1851	18

ROMAN RENAISSANCE	43

30	67

GROTESQUE RENAISSANCE	135

THE DOOM OF OLD VENETIAN FAMILIES VENICE DECEMBER 26 1851	149

DRAWINGS OF VENETIAN TOMBS VENICE JANUARY 30 1852	160

Society of Painters in Water Colours 1901	316

THE DUCAL PALACE TWENTIETH CAPITAL Photogravure	316

ARABIAN WINDOWS IN CAMPO SANTA MARIA MATER	316

BYZANTINE CAPITALS FROM TORCELLO AND SAINT	316

CORNICE MOULDING FROM A TOMB IN THE CHURCH	316

THE DUCAL PALACE COMPARTMENTS OF THE SOUTHERN	316

5в THE DUCAL PALACE SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN	316

ST MARKS DETAILS OF THE LILY CAPITALS Photogravure	316

CONCLUSION	196

A PAGE OF THE MS OF The Stones of Venice VOL III	204

MOSAICS OF OLIVE TREE AND FLOWERS p 211	211

AUTHORS APPENDIX	247

AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT IN ITALY	254

EARLY VENETIAN MARRIAGES	263

TINTORETS FLIGHT INTO EGYPT AT S ROCCO VENICE MARCH	264

For detailed list of the figures see p 266	266

GOTHIC JAMBS pp 13 270	266

lettered Plates A and B the frontispiece and the facsimile are additional	293

PREFACE p	311

BYZANTINE RUIN IN RIO DI CA FOSCARI Photogravure	316

PALACE IN RIO DI CA FOSCARI CONJECTURAL	316

IN CAMPO S MARGHERITA Photogravure from mezzotint	316

DOOR HEADS 1 IN RAMO DIRIMPETTO MOCENIGO Chromo	322

DOOR HEADS 2 IN CAMPIELLO DELLA CHIESA SAN LUCA	328

CA BERNARDO MOCENIGO CAPITAL OF WINDOW SHAFTS	334

been exhibited That for Plate 6 was No 134 in the Ruskin Exhibition at the Royal	355

SCULPTURES IN THE SERVI FOR SALE VENICE MARCH 24 1852	356

LETTERS TO SAMUEL ROGERS AND MISS MITFORD VENICE MAY	366

1853	391

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Title	The Works of John Ruskin: The stones of Venice Volumes 280-284 of PCMI collection Volume 11 of The Stones of Venice, John Ruskin Volume 11 of The Works of John Ruskin, John Ruskin Volume 9 of Works, John Ruskin
Author	John Ruskin
Editors	Sir Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn
Publisher	G. Allen, 1904
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	20 May 2008

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