The Stones of Venice

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architectural study book cultural study non-fiction book

The Stones of Venice is a three-volume architectural and cultural study in which John Ruskin analyzes Venetian Gothic architecture to argue for its moral and social significance.

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The Stones of Venice canonical 3
The Stones of Venice, Volume I 1
The Stones of Venice, Volume II 1

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instanceOf architectural study ⓘ
book ⓘ
cultural study ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
analyzes architectural details of Venetian buildings ⓘ
argues moral significance of architecture ⓘ
social significance of architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Romanticism ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
author John Ruskin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes Renaissance classicism in Venice ⓘ
examines relationship between labor and art ⓘ
focusesOn Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Gothic architecture ⓘ
Renaissance architecture in Venice ⓘ
genre architectural criticism ⓘ
art criticism ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy John Ruskin ⓘ
hasPart The Stones of Venice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Stones of Venice, Volume I

The Stones of Venice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Stones of Venice, Volume II

The Stones of Venice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Stones of Venice, Volume III
influenced 19th-century architectural theory ⓘ
Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Gothic Revival movement

preservation of Venetian architecture ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor detailed descriptions of Venetian buildings ⓘ
linking architectural style to moral values ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 3 ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 1851 ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
praises medieval craftsmanship ⓘ
publicationPeriodEnd 1853 ⓘ
publicationPeriodStart 1851 ⓘ
publisher Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ
relatedWork Modern Painters ⓘ
The Seven Lamps of Architecture ⓘ
subject Venetian architecture ⓘ
surface form: Venetian Gothic architecture

Venice ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
art history ⓘ
cultural history ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
volume1Title The Foundations ⓘ
volume2Title The Sea-Stories ⓘ
volume3Title The Fall ⓘ

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John Ruskin → notableWork → The Stones of Venice ⓘ
The Seven Lamps of Architecture → relatedWork → The Stones of Venice ⓘ
The Stones of Venice → hasPart → The Stones of Venice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Stones of Venice, Volume I
The Stones of Venice → hasPart → The Stones of Venice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Stones of Venice, Volume II
The Stones of Venice → hasPart → The Stones of Venice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Stones of Venice, Volume III
John → notableWork → The Stones of Venice ⓘ
subject surface form: John Ruskin