The Stones of Venice - Hardcover

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1885. Excerpt: ... Despair, how symbolized, ii. 332. Diaper patterns iu brick, i. 291; in color, iii. 24, 25. Discord, how symbolized, ii. 331. Discs, decoration by means of, i. 239, 412; ii. 148, 263. Division of labor, evils of, ii. 165. Doge of Venice, his power, i. 17, 352. Dogtooth moulding defined, i. 266. Dolphins, moral disposition of, i. 229; use of, in symbolic) representation of sea, i. 417, 418. Domestic architecture, richness of, in middle ages, ii. 101. Doors, general structure of, i. 178, 180 ; smallness of in Eng- lish cathedrals, i. 179 ; ancient Venetian, ii. 276, iii. 228. Doric architecture, i. 160, 296, 302; Clnistian Dorio, i 302, 309. Dragon, conquered by St Donatus, ii. 38; use of, in orna- mentation, ii. 219. Dreams, how resembled by the highest arts, hi. 153; pro- phetic, in relation to the Grotesque, iii. 156. Dress, its use in ornamentation, i. 212; early Venetian, ii. 381; dignity of, iii. 190 ; changes in modern dress, iii. 191-192. Duties of buildings, i. 59. E Earthquake of 1511, ii. 241, 242. Eastern races, their power over color, ii. 148. Eaves, construction of, L 159. Ecclesiastical architecture in Venice, i. 33 ; no architecture exclusively ecclesiastical, ii. 101-104. Edge decoration, i. 265. Education, University, i. 386; iii. 111-2 ; evils of, with respect to architectural workmen, ii. 100; how to be successfully undertaken, ii. 165, iii. 215 ; modern education in general, how mistaken, hi. 111-2, 215 ; system of, in Plato, ii. 315-7; of Persian kings, ii. 316; not to be mistaken for erudition, iii. 220; ought to be universal, iii. 221. Egg and arrow mouldings, L 308. Egyptian architecture, i. 107, 238; ii. 203. Elgin marbles, ii, 171. Encrusted architecture, i. 2G8, 269 ; general analysis of, ii. 79. Energy of Northern Gothic, i. 3G4; ii. 21, 203. English (early...