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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, Smith, Elder, and co. · leaf 63

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lower one,and three kinds of variegated marble are used in it, whereas theupper is composed of brick, with black and white marble only;and lastly — for this is especially delightful — see how theworkman made his chiselling finer where it was to go with the * The intention is fartlicr confirmed by… … 41 FIRST PERIOD. variegated marbles, and used a bolder pattern with the coarserbrick and dark stone. The subtlety and perfection of artisticalfeeling in all this are so redundant, that in the building itselfthe eye can rest upon this coloured chain with the same kindof delight that it has in a…

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