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https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9781873429457-04-1-600x911.jpg600911Title: The Stones of Venice, Pages: 252 Pages, Publish Date: 8th May 2023, Author: John Ruskin, ISBN: . John Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice has been described as the greatest guidebook ever, and it transformed architecture forever. This abridged version still contains the original’s essence.BOOK ONE I. The Quarry 3 II. The Virtues of Architecture 17 III. The Six Divisions of Architecture 27 IV. The Wall Base 31 V. The Wall Veil 36 VI. The Wall Cornice 39 VII. The Arch 49 VIII. The Roof 62 IX. The Buttress 17 X. Superimposition 71 XI. The Material of Ornament 81 XII. Treatment of Ornament 17 2 BOOK TWO Part One: The Byzantine Period I. The Throne 103 II. Torcello 111 III. St. Mark’s 119 Part Two: The Gothic Period IV. The Nature of Gothic 135 V. The Ducal Palace 165 Part Three: The Renaissance Period VI. Early Renaissance 197 VII. Roman Renaissance 205 VIII. Grotesque Renaissance 209 IX. Conclusion 217 Notes on Plates 223 Index 241