CONTENTS. | page | Preface, | iii | CHAPTER I. | The Quarry, | 1 | CHAPTER II. | The Virtues of Architecture, | 36 | CHAPTER III. | The Six Divisions of Architecture, | 47 | CHAPTER IV. | The Wall Base, | 52 | CHAPTER V. | The Wall Veil, | 58 | CHAPTER VI. | The Wall Cornice, | 63 | CHAPTER VII. | The Pier Base, | 71 | CHAPTER VIII. | The Shaft, | 84 | CHAPTER IX. | The Capital, | 105 | CHAPTER X. | The Arch Line, | 122 | CHAPTER XI. | The Arch Masonry, | 132 | CHAPTER XII. | The Arch Load, | 144 | CHAPTER XIII. | The Roof, | 148 | CHAPTER XIV. | The Roof Cornice, | 155 | CHAPTER XV. | The Buttress, | 166 | CHAPTER XVI. | Form of Aperture, | 174 | CHAPTER XVII. | Filling of Aperture, | 183 | CHAPTER XVIII. | Protection of Aperture, | 195 | CHAPTER XIX. | Superimposition, | 200 | CHAPTER XX. | The Material of Ornament, | 211 | CHAPTER XXI. | Treatment of Ornament, | 236 | CHAPTER XXII. | The Angle, | 259 | CHAPTER XXII. | The Angle, | 259 | CHAPTER XXIII. | The Edge and Fillet, | 267 | CHAPTER XXIV. | The Roll and Recess, | 276 | CHAPTER XXV. | The Base, | 281 | CHAPTER XXVI. | The Wall Veil and Shaft, | 294 | CHAPTER XXVII. | The Cornice and Capital, | 305 | CHAPTER XXVIII. | The Archivolt and Aperture, | 333 | CHAPTER XXIX. | The Roof, | 343 | CHAPTER XXX. | The Vestibule, | 349 | APPENDIX. 1. | Foundation of Venice, | 359 | 2. | Power of the Doges, | 360 | 3. | Serrar del Consiglio, | 360 | 4. | Pietro di Castello, | 361 | 5. | Papal Power in Venice, | 362 | 6. | Renaissance Ornament, | 369 | 7. | Varieties of the Orders, | 370 | 8. | The Northern Energy, | 371 | 9. | Wooden Churches of the North, | 381 | 10. | Church of Alexandria, | 381 | 11. | Renaissance Landscape, | 381 | 12. | Romanist Modern Art, | 384 | 13. | Mr. Fergusson’s System, | 388 | 14. | Divisions of Humanity, | 394 | 15. | Instinctive Judgments, | 399 | 16. | Strength of Shafts, | 402 | 17. | Answer to Mr. Garbett, | 403 | 18. | Early English Capitals, | 411 | 19. | Tombs near St. Anastasia, | 412 | 20. | Shafts of the Ducal Palace, | 413 | 21. | Ancient Representations of Water, | 417 | 22. | Arabian Ornamentation, | 429 | 23. | Varieties of Chamfer, | 429 | 24. | Renaissance Bases, | 431 | 25. | Romanist Decoration of Bases, | 432 | LIST OF PLATES. | | | Facing Page | Plate | 1. | Wall Veil Decoration, Ca’ Trevisan and Ca’ Dario, | 13 | " | 2. | Plans of Piers, | 100 | " | 3. | Arch Masonry, | 134 | " | 4. | Arch Masonry, | 137 | " | 5. | Arch Masonry, Bruletto of Como, | 141 | " | 6. | Types of Towers, | 207 | " | 7. | Abstracts Lines, | 222 | " | 8. | Decorations by Disks, Ca’ Badoari, | 241 | " | 9. | Edge Decoration, | 268 | " | 10. | Profiles of Bases, | 283 | " | 11. | Plans of Bases, | 288 | " | 12. | Decorations of Bases, | 289 | " | 13. | Wall Veil Decorations, | 295 | " | 14. | Spandril Decorations, Ducal Palace, | 298 | " | 15. | Cornice Profiles, | 306 | " | 16. | Cornice Decorations, | 311 | " | 17. | Capitals—Concave, | 323 | " | 18. | Capitals—Convex, | 327 | " | 19. | Archivolt Decoration, Verona, | 333 | " | 20. | Wall Veil Decoration, Ca’ Trevisan, | 369 | " | 21. | Wall Veil Decoration, San Michele, Lucca, | 378 |
THE STONES OF VENICE VOLUME II. (of III) THE SEA STORIES CONTENTS FIRST, OR BYZANTINE, PERIOD. CHAPTER I. | | page | The Throne, | 1 | CHAPTER II. | Torcello, | 11 | CHAPTER III. | Murano, | 27 | CHAPTER IV. | St. Mark’s, | 57 | CHAPTER V. | Byzantine Palaces, | 118 | SECOND, OR GOTHIC, PERIOD. | CHAPTER VI. | The Nature of Gothic, | 151 | CHAPTER VII. | Gothic Palaces, | 231 | CHAPTER VIII. | The Ducal Palace, | 281 | APPENDIX. 1. | The Gondolier’s Cry, | 375 | 2. | Our Lady of Salvation, | 378 | 3. | Tides of Venice and Measures at Torcello, | 378 | 4. | Date of the Duomo of Torcello, | 380 | 5. | Modern Pulpits, | 380 | 6. | Apse of Murano, | 382 | 7. | Early Venetian Dress, | 383 | 8. | Inscriptions at Murano, | 384 | 9. | Shafts of St. Mark’s, | 384 | 10. | Proper Sense of the Word Idolatry, | 388 | 11. | Situations of Byzantine Palaces, | 391 | 12. | Modern Paintings on Glass, | 394 | LIST OF PLATES. | | | Facing Page | Plate | 1. | Plans of Torcello and Murano, | 14 | " | 2. | The Acanthus of Torcello, | 15 | " | 3. | Inlaid Bands of Murano, | 40 | " | 4. | Sculptures of Murano, | 42 | " | 5. | Archivolt in the Duomo of Murano, | 45 | " | 6. | The Vine, Free and in Service, | 96 | " | 7. | Byzantine Capitals—Convex Group, | 131 | " | 8. | Byzantine Capitals—Concave Group, | 132 | " | 9. | Lily Capital of St. Mark’s, | 136 | " | 10. | The Four Venetian Flower Order, | 137 | " | 11. | Byzantine Sculptures, | 138 | " | 12. | Linear and Surface Gothic, | 224 | " | 13. | Balconies, | 247 | " | 14. | The Orders of Venetian Arches, | 248 | " | 15. | Windows of the Second Order, | 254 | " | 16. | Windows of the Fourth Order, | 257 | " | 17. | Windows of the Early Gothic Palaces, | 259 | " | 18. | Windows of the Fifth Order, | 266 | " | 19. | Leafage of the Vine Angle, | 308 | " | 20. | Leafage of the Venetian Capitals, | 368 |
THE STONES OF VENICE VOLUME III. (of III)
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