Examples of Architecture of Venice - Cornice Moulding From A Tomb in the Church of SS Giovanni Paolo1887 Accession number: 1920P661 Tinted lithograph on paper. Width: 640 mm Height: 433 mm Information'Examples of the Architecture of Venice' was a folio of plates first published in 1851 in connection with Ruskin's book on Venetian architecture, 'The Stones of Venice.' The preface to the folio explains that: ' Mr Ruskin has found it impossible to reduce to the size of an octavo volume all the sketches made to illustrate his intended Essay on Venetian architecture; at least, without loss of accuracy in detail: he has thought it better to separate some of the plates from the text, than either to throw the latter into a folio form, or diminish the fidelity of the drawings.' Ruskin selected 16 of his drawings of architectural details to be published as plates in a large format folio each accompanied by an explanatory text. This is the fourth plate from the 1887 edition published by G. Allen. Ruskin noted in the text that he had chosen this moulding as 'an example of one of the earliest and purest forms of the Venetian Gothic cornice.'
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