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290 SECOND PERIOD.
after this enlargement, the palace seems to have remained
untouched for a hundred years, until, in the commencement
of the fourteenth century, the works of the Gothic Palace
were begun. As, therefore, the old Byzantine building was,
at the time when those works first interfered with it, in the
form given to it by Ziani, I shall hereafter always speak of it
as the Ziani Palace; and this the rather, because the only
chronicler whose words are perfectly clear respecting the
existence of part of this palace so late as the year 1422, speaks
of it as built by Ziani. The old "palace, of which half remains to this day, was built, as we now see it, by Sebastian
Ziani."*
So far, then, of the Byzantine Palace.
§ xn. 2nd. The Gothic Palace. The reader, doubtless,
recollects that the important change in the Venetian government which gave stability to the aristocratic power took place
about the year 1297, f under the Doge Pietro Gradenigo, a man
thus characterized by Sansovino :—" A prompt and prudent
man, of unconquerable determination and great eloquence,
who laid, so to speak, the foundations of the eternity of this
republic, by the admirable regulations which he introduced
into the government."
We may now, with some reason, doubt of their admirable-
ness; but their importance, and the vigorous will and intellect
of the Doge, are not to be disputed. Venice was in the zenith
of her strength, and the heroism of her citizens was displaying
itself in every quarter of the world. £ The acquiescence in the
secure establishment of the aristocratic power was an expression, by the people, of respect for the families which had been
chiefly instrumental in raising the commonwealth to such a
height of prosperity.
* "El palazzo che anco di mezzo se vede vecchio, per M. Sebastian Ziani
fu f atto compir, come el se vede."—Chronicle of Pietro Dolfino, Cod. Ven. p.
47. This Chronicle is spoken of by Sansovino as " molto particolare e dis-
tinta."—Sansovino, Venezia descritta, p. 593.—It terminates in the year 1422.
f See Vol. I. Appendix 3.
X Vide Sansovino's enumeration of those who flourished in the reign of
Gradenigo, p. 564.
| Title | The stones of Venice - 2 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000334 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 290 SECOND PERIOD. after this enlargement, the palace seems to have remained untouched for a hundred years, until, in the commencement of the fourteenth century, the works of the Gothic Palace were begun. As, therefore, the old Byzantine building was, at the time when those works first interfered with it, in the form given to it by Ziani, I shall hereafter always speak of it as the Ziani Palace; and this the rather, because the only chronicler whose words are perfectly clear respecting the existence of part of this palace so late as the year 1422, speaks of it as built by Ziani. The old "palace, of which half remains to this day, was built, as we now see it, by Sebastian Ziani."* So far, then, of the Byzantine Palace. § xn. 2nd. The Gothic Palace. The reader, doubtless, recollects that the important change in the Venetian government which gave stability to the aristocratic power took place about the year 1297, f under the Doge Pietro Gradenigo, a man thus characterized by Sansovino :—" A prompt and prudent man, of unconquerable determination and great eloquence, who laid, so to speak, the foundations of the eternity of this republic, by the admirable regulations which he introduced into the government." We may now, with some reason, doubt of their admirable- ness; but their importance, and the vigorous will and intellect of the Doge, are not to be disputed. Venice was in the zenith of her strength, and the heroism of her citizens was displaying itself in every quarter of the world. £ The acquiescence in the secure establishment of the aristocratic power was an expression, by the people, of respect for the families which had been chiefly instrumental in raising the commonwealth to such a height of prosperity. * "El palazzo che anco di mezzo se vede vecchio, per M. Sebastian Ziani fu f atto compir, come el se vede."—Chronicle of Pietro Dolfino, Cod. Ven. p. 47. This Chronicle is spoken of by Sansovino as " molto particolare e dis- tinta."—Sansovino, Venezia descritta, p. 593.—It terminates in the year 1422. f See Vol. I. Appendix 3. X Vide Sansovino's enumeration of those who flourished in the reign of Gradenigo, p. 564. |
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