Ruskin’s only notice of this church in The Stones of Venice appears in the tourist guide he appended to the last volume. There he remarks that it is “one of the ugliest churches in Venice or elsewhere,” and he continues rather puzzlingly: “Its black dome, like an unusual species of gasometer, is the admiration of modern Italian architects” (11.433). Apparently, the dome has received a copper covering since Ruskin’s day.
More of Ruskin's Venice
- St. Mark’s Cathedral
- The Palazzo Ducale, Venice
- The Scuola de San Rocco
- Palazzi
- On the Grand Canal
- Leaving the Grand Canal
- On the way to Venice from the mainland
- Venice: Details and Corners
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Bibliography
Ruskin, John. The Works. Ed. E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. “The Library Edition.” 39 vols. London: George Allen, 1903-1912.
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