The Stones of Venice - Volume I

The Stones of Venice - Volume I

John Ruskin, English art critic of the Victorian era (1819-1900)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- The Quarry

- The Virtues Of Architecture

- The Six Divisions Of Architecture

- The Wall Base

- The Wall Veil

- The Wall Cornice

- The Pier Base

- The Shaft

- The Capital

- The Arch Line

- The Arch Masonry

- The Arch Load

- The Roof

- The Roof Cornice

- The Buttress

- Form Of Aperture

- Filling Of Aperture

- Protection Of Aperture

- Superimposition

- The Material Of Ornament

- Treatment Of Ornament

- The Angle

- The Edge And Fillet

- The Roll And Recess

- The Base

- The Wall Veil And Shaft

- The Cornice And Capital

- The Archivolt And Aperture

- The Roof

- The Vestibule

- Appendix