Paperback, 230 pages
English language
Published Oct. 7, 2006 by BiblioBazaar.
Stones of Venice (Large Print Edition)
Introductory Chapters and Local Indices for the Use of Travellers While Staying in Venice and Verona
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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- Travel / Essays & Travelogues