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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.

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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.

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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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