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John Ruskin
John Ruskin, tinted lithograph published in London, c. 1880.
The three volumes of The Stones of Venice, a treatise on architecture by John Ruskin, are titled as follows:
- Volume I: The Foundations1
- Volume II: The Sea Stories1
- Volume III: The Fall1
In these volumes, Ruskin applied principles from his earlier work, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, to analyze the architectural history of Venice. He argued that the city's Gothic architecture reflected moral and national virtue, whereas the Renaissance architecture that followed represented a period of decline and corruption.1