TY - BOOK AU - Ruskin,John TI - Stones of Venice [introductions] AV - NA PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Architecture -- Italy -- Venice N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stones_of_Venice_(book); Release date is 2006-02-01; Etext produced by Anne Soulard, Keren Vergon, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Stones of Venice [introductions]" by John Ruskin is a three-volume treatise published between 1851 and 1853. This detailed examination of Venetian architecture explores over eighty churches across Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance periods while weaving together art history and social philosophy. Ruskin argues that architecture reflects society's values, advocating for a world where thinkers work and workers think. His passionate defense of Gothic design profoundly influenced Victorian Britain and inspired figures from William Morris to Marcel Proust. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9804 ER -