“Working Study of a Doorhead in the Campiello della Chiesa, San Luca, Venice.” (1849 or 1850), by John Ruskin

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Working Study of a Doorhead in the Campiello della Chiesa, San Luca, Venice.

John Ruskin

1849 or 1850

The measurements and calculations show the care with which Ruskin studied his material at first hand. A finished version of this subject appears as Plate 23 of Examples of the Architecture of Venice, of l851 (11.344-5).

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