The stones of Venice : [With appendices, additional notes, and "Venetian index."] (1894)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes & Lauriat · leaf 66
rstood by thebuilders, than if they liad been left blank. The object, ob-serve, was to make the archivolt as rich as possible ; eight ofthe white sculptured marbles were used upon it in juxtaposi-tion. Had the pui-ple marbles been left altogether plain, theywould have been out of harmony with the… … MURANO. 51 menl is merely outlined upon them with a fine incision, as if ithad been etched out on their surface preparatory to beingcarved. In tv;o of them it is composed merely of three con-centric hues, parallel with the sides of the triangle ; in thethird, it is a wreath of beautiful design,…
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