Le pietre di Ca’ Foscari: Ruskin e il Palazzo

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_2074
dc.contributor.author	Clegg Jeanne
dc.contributor.author	Sdegno Emma
dc.title	Le pietre di Ca’ Foscari: Ruskin e il Palazzo
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	Our contribution concerns a phase in the history of the building that gives the University its name. When Ruskin came to Venice in 1845 he was horrified by the decayed state of the palaces on the Grand Canal, and by the drastic restorations in progress. In recording their features in measurements, drawings and daguerreotypes, Ca’ Foscari took priority, and his studies of its traceries constitute a unique witness. This work also helped generate new ideas on the role of shadow in architectural aesthetic, and on the characteristics of Gothic, which were to bear fruit in The Seven Lamps and The Stones of Venice. In his late guide to the city, St Mark’s Rest, Ruskin addressed «the few travellers who still care for her monuments» and offered the Venetian Republic’s laws regulating commerce as a model for modern England. Whether or not he knew of the founding of a commercial studies institute at Ca’ Foscari in 1868, he would certainly have hoped that it would teach principles of fair and just trading, as well as of respectful tourism.
dc.relation.ispartof	I libri di Ca’ Foscari
dc.relation.ispartof	1868-2018: storie di un ateneo
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2018-10-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-263-5/le-pietre-di-ca-foscari-ruskin-e-il-palazzo/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-262-8/001
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8917
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9506
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-263-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-262-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Decay
dc.subject	Decay
dc.subject	Gothic architecture
dc.subject	Gothic architecture
dc.subject	John Ruskin
dc.subject	John Ruskin
dc.subject	Palazzo Foscari
dc.subject	Palazzo Foscari
dc.subject	Restoration
dc.subject	Restoration
dc.subject	The Seven Lamps of Architecture
dc.subject	The Seven Lamps of Architecture
dc.subject	The Stones of Venice
dc.subject	The Stones of Venice

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Le pietre di Ca’ Foscari: Ruskin e il Palazzo

Jeanne Clegg Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Emma Sdegno Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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Our contribution concerns a phase in the history of the building that gives the University its name. When Ruskin came to Venice in 1845 he was horrified by the decayed state of the palaces on the Grand Canal, and by the drastic restorations in progress. In recording their features in measurements, drawings and daguerreotypes, Ca’ Foscari took priority, and his studies of its traceries constitute a unique witness. This work also helped generate new ideas on the role of shadow in architectural aesthetic, and on the characteristics of Gothic, which were to bear fruit in The Seven Lamps and The Stones of Venice. In his late guide to the city, St Mark’s Rest, Ruskin addressed «the few travellers who still care for her monuments» and offered the Venetian Republic’s laws regulating commerce as a model for modern England. Whether or not he knew of the founding of a commercial studies institute at Ca’ Foscari in 1868, he would certainly have hoped that it would teach principles of fair and just trading, as well as of respectful tourism.

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Oct. 22, 2018

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978-88-6969-263-5

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978-88-6969-262-8

Keywords: Palazzo Foscari • Decay • The Stones of Venice • Restoration • The Seven Lamps of Architecture • Gothic architecture • John Ruskin

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