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  The Stones of Venice (Paperback) By (author) John Ruskin

  

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  Short Description for The Stones of VeniceJohn Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are expressed in this text. This edition contains Ruskin's essay "The Nature of Gothic", a descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration.
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  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
  • Published: 19 June 2003
  • Format: Paperback 264 pages
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  • Categories: Architectural Structure & Design | History Of Architecture | Materials Science | Travel Writing
  • ISBN 13: 9780306812866 ISBN 10: 030681286X
  • Sales rank: 100,132

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• "For the lover of Venice...but above all for the lover of fine writing."J. G. Links. John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice . This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am here, it is a Paradise of Cities."