Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations and also the index for all three volumes of the set with links to the other two volumes. See 30756-h.htm or 30756-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30756/30756-h/30756-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30756/30756-h.zip) Volumes I and II are available in the Project Gutenberg Library: Volume I--see https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30754 Volume II--see https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30755 Transcriber's note: A few typographical errors have been corrected. They are listed at the end of the text. Characters following a caret were printed as superscript in the original. For example, "M^a,"; here the "a." is a superscript. The Complete Works of John Ruskin Volume IX STONES OF VENICE VOLUME III [Illustration: THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH] Library Edition The Complete Works of John Ruskin STONES OF VENICE VOLUME III Giotto Lectures on Architecture Harbours of England A Joy Forever National Library Association New York Chicago THE STONES OF VENICE VOLUME III. THE FALL CONTENTS. THIRD, OR RENAISSANCE, PERIOD. CHAPTER I. PAGE Early Renaissance, 1 CHAPTER II. Roman Renaissance, 32 CHAPTER III. Grotesque Renaissance, 112 CHAPTER IV. Conclusion, 166 APPENDIX. 1. Architect of the Ducal Palace, 199 2. Theology of Spenser, 205 3. Austrian Government in Italy, 209 4. Date of the Palaces of the Byzantine Renaissance, 211 5. Renaissance Side of Ducal Palace, 212 6. Character of the Doge Michele Morosini, 213 7. Modern Education, 214 8. Early Venetian Marriages, 222 9. Character of the Venetian Aristocracy, 223 10. Final Appendix, 224 INDICES. I. Personal Index, 263 II. Local Index, 268 III. Topical Index, 271 IV. Venetian Index, 287 LIST OF PLATES. Facing Page