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Section 11
Chap 1st
The main division of Venetian archit
being made in last section we
proceed to examine its earliest form.
The Byz. Romanesque.
Sketch of the rise of Venice. Its
earliest feelings & efforts
The eastern stamp already visible
at Torcello. Examination of
the Three Currents.
1. Roman Christian
2. Byzantine.
3. Lombardic.
Compounding at Torcello: perhaps
1 and 2 joining first. and then
3 [Curdling ?] in
Chap 11.
Main characteristics of the new architecture
of small or large
Proportional: superimposition ^ a peculiar
character: of all the good styles
-kept in all good Gothic - lost
in the vile Renaissance
Other general marks of the manner
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