Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited

Ruskin's Venice: The Stones Revisited by Quill, Sarah. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781840146974.

To mark the centenary of the death of Ruskin (the great 19th-century writer, artist and critic), photographer Quill has compiled an illustrated guide to the stones of Venice, linking Ruskins descriptions of the exteriors of individual buildings with a contemporary photographic record of the architecture and sculpture as it is seen today. Together with a selection of Ruskins prose, drawings, watercolors, and a number of 19th-century engravings of the period, Quills photographs identify the details described by Ruskin and show the extent to which the citys architecture has survived or changed since the original publication of Ruskins three-volume work on the subject. The opening chapter by art historian Alan Windsor provides informative introductions to Ruskins involvement with Venice and to the periods and styles of Venetian architecture. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)