# The Stones of Venice

**Author(s):** John Ruskin
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**Genres:** art, philosophy, architecture
**Publisher:** Smith, Elder
**Published:** Wed Jan 01 1851 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
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## Description

The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from 1851 to 1853.

The Stones of Venice examines Venetian architecture in detail, describing for example over eighty churches. Ruskin discusses architecture of Venice's Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance periods, and provides a general history of the city.

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**Themes:** Gothic