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212 APPENDIX, 5.
peace between Mahomet, the conqueror of Constantinople, and
Venice, a.d. 1478; but, unless he build his house by proxy,
that date has nothing to do with it; and in mj mind, the fact
of the present, and the inscription, warrant one's dating it 1486,
and not 1450.
"The Trevisan-Cappello House, in Canonica, was once the
property (a.d. 1578) of a Venetian dame, fond of cray-fish, according to a letter of hers in the archives, whereby she thanks
one of her lovers for some which he had sent her from Treviso
to Florence, of which she was then Grand Duchess. Her name
has perhaps found its way into the English annuals. Did you
ever hear of Bianca Cappello ? She bought that house of the
Trevisana family, by whom Selva (in Oicognara) and Fontana
(following Selva) say it was ordered of the Lombardi, at the
commencement of the sixteenth century : but the inscription on
its facade, thus,
SOLI
DEO
HONOR. ET
GLORIA.
reminding one both of the Dario House, and of the words non
nobis domine inscribed on the facade Of the Loredano Vendramin Palace at S. Marcuola (now the property of the Duchess
of Berri), of which Selva found proof in the Vendramin Archives
that it was commenced by Sante Lombardo, a.d. 1481, is in
favor of its being classed among the works of the fifteenth
century."
5. RENAISSANCE SIDE OF DUCAL PALACE.
In passing along the Rio del Palazzo the traveller ought
especially to observe the base of the Renaissance building, formed
by alternately depressed and raised pyramids, the depressed portions being casts of the projecting ones, which are truncated on
the summits. The work cannot be called rustication, for it is
cut as sharply and delicately as a piece of ivory, but it thoroughly answers the end which rustication proposes, and misses :
it gives the base of the building a look of crystalline hardness,
actually resembling, and that very closely, the appearance presented by the fracture of a piece of cap quartz; while yet the
| Title | The stones of Venice - 3 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000230 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 212 APPENDIX, 5. peace between Mahomet, the conqueror of Constantinople, and Venice, a.d. 1478; but, unless he build his house by proxy, that date has nothing to do with it; and in mj mind, the fact of the present, and the inscription, warrant one's dating it 1486, and not 1450. "The Trevisan-Cappello House, in Canonica, was once the property (a.d. 1578) of a Venetian dame, fond of cray-fish, according to a letter of hers in the archives, whereby she thanks one of her lovers for some which he had sent her from Treviso to Florence, of which she was then Grand Duchess. Her name has perhaps found its way into the English annuals. Did you ever hear of Bianca Cappello ? She bought that house of the Trevisana family, by whom Selva (in Oicognara) and Fontana (following Selva) say it was ordered of the Lombardi, at the commencement of the sixteenth century : but the inscription on its facade, thus, SOLI DEO HONOR. ET GLORIA. reminding one both of the Dario House, and of the words non nobis domine inscribed on the facade Of the Loredano Vendramin Palace at S. Marcuola (now the property of the Duchess of Berri), of which Selva found proof in the Vendramin Archives that it was commenced by Sante Lombardo, a.d. 1481, is in favor of its being classed among the works of the fifteenth century." 5. RENAISSANCE SIDE OF DUCAL PALACE. In passing along the Rio del Palazzo the traveller ought especially to observe the base of the Renaissance building, formed by alternately depressed and raised pyramids, the depressed portions being casts of the projecting ones, which are truncated on the summits. The work cannot be called rustication, for it is cut as sharply and delicately as a piece of ivory, but it thoroughly answers the end which rustication proposes, and misses : it gives the base of the building a look of crystalline hardness, actually resembling, and that very closely, the appearance presented by the fracture of a piece of cap quartz; while yet the |
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