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The Balconies of the Ducal Palace are used by Ruskin to illustrate the degradation which was the result of the Renaissance.
See Works, 10.335 and Works, 10.346 on the ‘Sea Balcony’ as one of the ‘chief ornaments of the palace’. See Works, 10.287 with the figure at Works, 10.286; Works, 11.326 and following on the fine workmanship and Renaissance infection of the balconies. Plates 5a and 5b at Works, 11.326 show to a different scale details of the figure at Works, 10.286. The ‘Sea Balcony’ is shown in the centre of the illustration at Works, 10.331, and there is a photograph at Quill (2000) p.123.
Observations are recorded at Notebook M p.98; Notebook M p.99; Notebook M p.102; Notebook M p.114; Notebook M p.115 and the associated Sheets as follows:
Sheet No. 98 Ducal Palace Centre to Sea. ‘No 97, 98. Describe the central canopy of façade to sea of Doge’s palace’ Notebook M p.114. Also: ‘Base of Verd antique shaft of Doges Palace’ ‘No 98. p 114’ (RF 1641, p.39 Album) (part).
Sheet No. 99 Central Balcony of Doges Palace. ‘Centre of Doges palace. next facing sea’ ‘Further details of the Gothic canopy are given in No 99.’ Notebook M p.114. Reproduced in Hilton (1985) p.143 and Hewison (1978) p.57 (RF 1602).
Sheet No. 100. Ducal Palace Balcony. ‘Balcony of Doges palace towards sea. p 115’ ‘fig 3 No 100. a d is perfectly flat inside, and outside alike, a solid plain block and the outside pilaster is fitted to it, as seen in fig 3, No 101 so that two joints meet at the internal angle.’ Notebook M p.115. Also: Notebook M pp.99L and 99. (RF 1579) RL.
Sheet No. 101 Ducal Palace Balcony. ‘No 101. (At page 99 is described this balcony with the exception of the lower plinth of white marble, whose sections are now given figs 1 2 (1, real size, enlarge fig 2 to fit it) and of the three sided pilaster which in front, occupies the space a d of fig 3 No 100.’
There are references at Notebook M2 p.87L on the placing of the ‘Sea Balcony’; Notebook M2 p.22 on the sharp cutting; Notebook M2 p.38L for comparison with the tomb of Marco Cornaro.
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