Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 295
nce in the latestGothic as well as the earliest Byzantine, mosttruly deserving of the name of the VenetianDentil. Its complete intention is now, how-ever, only to be seen in the pictures of GentileBellini and Yittor Carpaccio; for, like mostof the rest of the mouldings of Yenetianbuildings, it was… … DECORATION. XXIII. THE EDGE AND FDLLET. universality of this ornament was by no means the reason of itsinvention. The Venetian dentil is a particular application (con-sequent on the incrusted character of Venetian architecture) ofthe general idea of dentil, which had been originally given bythe…
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