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The Stones of Venice, Volume 3 (of 3)

Volume 3 — VOLUME III.

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THE FALL

CONTENTS.

THIRD, OR RENAISSANCE, PERIOD.

CHAPTER I.

page

Early Renaissance, 1

CHAPTER II.

Roman Renaissance, 32

CHAPTER III.

Grotesque Renaissance, 112

CHAPTER IV.

Conclusion, 166

APPENDIX.

1. Architect of the Ducal Palace, 199

2. Theology of Spenser, 205

3. Austrian Government in Italy, 209

4. Date of the Palaces of the Byzantine Renaissance, 211

5. Renaissance Side of Ducal Palace, 212

6. Character of the Doge Michele Morosini, 213

7. Modern Education, 214

8. Early Venetian Marriages, 222

9. Character of the Venetian Aristocracy, 223

10. Final Appendix, 224

INDICES.

I. Personal Index, 263

II. Local Index, 268

III. Topical Index, 271

IV. Venetian Index, 287

LIST OF PLATES.

Facing Page

Plate 1. Temperance and Intemperance in Ornament, 6

" 2. Gothic Capitals, 8

" 3. Noble and Ignoble Grotesque, 125

" 4. Mosaic of Olive Tree and Flowers, 179

" 5. Byzantine Bases, 225

" 6. Byzantine Jambs, 229

" 7. Gothic Jambs, 230

" 8. Byzantine Archivolts, 244

" 9. Gothic Archivolts, 245

" 10. Cornices, 248

" 11. Tracery Bars, 252

" 12. Capitals of Fondaco de Turchi, 304

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