Stones of Venice, Volume 3

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography, Art, Design & Architecture

Authors: John Ruskin In Year : 1851

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Stones of Venice, Volume 3

Chapter 01, Early Renaissance, part 1
Chapter 01, Early Renaissance, part 2
Chapter 01, Early Renaissance, part 3
Chapter 02, Roman Renaissance, part 1
Chapter 02, Roman Renaissance, part 2
Chapter 02, Roman Renaissance, part 3
Chapter 02, Roman Renaissance, part 4
Chapter 02, Roman Renaissance, part 5
Chapter 02, Roman Renaissance, part 6
Chapter 03, Grotesque Renaissance, part 1
Chapter 03, Grotesque Renaissance, part 2
Chapter 03, Grotesque Renaissance, part 3
Chapter 03, Grotesque Renaissance, part 4
Conclusion, part 1
Conclusion, part 2
Conclusion, part 3

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. Intending to prove how the architecture in Venice exemplified the principles he discussed in his earlier work, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, Ruskin examined the city in detail, describing for example over eighty churches. He discusses architecture of Venice's Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance periods, and provides a general history of the city as well. The book aroused considerable interest in Victorian Britain and beyond. The chapter "The Nature of Gothic" (from volume 2) was admired by William Morris, who published it separately in an edition which is in itself an example of Gothic revival. It inspired Marcel Proust; the narrator of the Recherche visits Venice with his mother in a state of enthusiasm for Ruskin. The Stones of Venice is considered one of the most influential books of the 19th century. (Summary adapted from the Wikipedia by Leni)