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Title: The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3)

Author: John Ruskin

Release Date: December 31, 2009 [eBook #30756]

Language: English

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The Complete Works of John Ruskin

Volume IX

STONES OF VENICE

VOLUME III

[Illustration:
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH]

Library Edition

The Complete Works of John Ruskin

STONES OF VENICE

VOLUME III

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Lectures on Architecture
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THE
STONES OF VENICE

VOLUME III.

THE FALL

CONTENTS.

THIRD, OR RENAISSANCE, PERIOD.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
Early Renaissance, 1

CHAPTER II.
Roman Renaissance, 32

CHAPTER III.
Grotesque Renaissance,