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salvatore—silvestro. 371
like marble, or that which takes delight in marble made to
look like silk. Several of the later churches in Venice, more
especially those of the Jesuiti, of San Clemente, and this of
the Scalzi, rest their chief claims to admiration on their having curtains and cushions cut out of rock. The most ridiculous example is in San Clemente, and the most curious and
costly are in the Scalzi; which latter church is a perfect type
of the vulgar abuse of marble in every possible way, by men
who had no eye for color, and no understanding of any merit
in a work of art but that Avhich arises from costliness of ma-
terial, and such poAvers of imitation as are devoted in England
to the manufacture of peaches and eggs out of Derbyshire
spar.
Sebastian, Church of St. The tomb, and of old the monument, of Paul Veronese. It is full of his noblest pictures, or
of what once were such ; but they seemed to me for the most
part destroyed by repainting. I had not time to examine them
justly, but I would especially direct the traveller's attention to
the small Madonna over the second altar on the right of the
nave, still a perfect and priceless treasure.
Servi, Church of the. Only two of its gates and some ruined
walls are left, in one of the foulest districts of the city. It was
one of the most interesting monuments of the early fourteenth
century Gothic ; and there is much beauty in the fragments
yet remaining. Hoav long they may stand I know not, the
whole building having been offered me for sale, ground and
all, or stone by stone, as I chose, by its present proprietor,
when I Avas last in Venice. More real good might at present
be effected by any wealthy person who would devote his resources to the preservation of such monuments Avhcrcver
they exist, by freehold purchase of the entire ruin, and afterwards by taking proper charge of it, and forming a garden
round it, than by any other mode of protecting or encouraging
art. There is no school, no lecturer, like a ruin of the early
ages.
Severo, Fondamenta San, palace at, II. 264.
Silvestro, Church of St. Of no importance in itself, but it
contains tAvo very interesting pictures: the first, a "St.
Thomas of Canterbury with the Baptist and St. Francis," by
| 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 | 00000401 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | salvatore—silvestro. 371 like marble, or that which takes delight in marble made to look like silk. Several of the later churches in Venice, more especially those of the Jesuiti, of San Clemente, and this of the Scalzi, rest their chief claims to admiration on their having curtains and cushions cut out of rock. The most ridiculous example is in San Clemente, and the most curious and costly are in the Scalzi; which latter church is a perfect type of the vulgar abuse of marble in every possible way, by men who had no eye for color, and no understanding of any merit in a work of art but that Avhich arises from costliness of ma- terial, and such poAvers of imitation as are devoted in England to the manufacture of peaches and eggs out of Derbyshire spar. Sebastian, Church of St. The tomb, and of old the monument, of Paul Veronese. It is full of his noblest pictures, or of what once were such ; but they seemed to me for the most part destroyed by repainting. I had not time to examine them justly, but I would especially direct the traveller's attention to the small Madonna over the second altar on the right of the nave, still a perfect and priceless treasure. Servi, Church of the. Only two of its gates and some ruined walls are left, in one of the foulest districts of the city. It was one of the most interesting monuments of the early fourteenth century Gothic ; and there is much beauty in the fragments yet remaining. Hoav long they may stand I know not, the whole building having been offered me for sale, ground and all, or stone by stone, as I chose, by its present proprietor, when I Avas last in Venice. More real good might at present be effected by any wealthy person who would devote his resources to the preservation of such monuments Avhcrcver they exist, by freehold purchase of the entire ruin, and afterwards by taking proper charge of it, and forming a garden round it, than by any other mode of protecting or encouraging art. There is no school, no lecturer, like a ruin of the early ages. Severo, Fondamenta San, palace at, II. 264. Silvestro, Church of St. Of no importance in itself, but it contains tAvo very interesting pictures: the first, a "St. Thomas of Canterbury with the Baptist and St. Francis," by |
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