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Church of San Stefano (S. Marco, Nadali & Vianello (1999) Tav. 40).
At Works, 9.43 San Stefano, the church of the Augstinians, is cited, along with the Frari, the Franciscan church, and SS Giovanni e Paolo, the Dominican Church as one of the buildings which ‘chiefly’ represent ecclesiastical Gothic in Venice. At Works, 11.433 it is seen as the best example of the style in Venice. At Notebook M p.74AL Ruskin quotes Zanotto in Venezia e le sue lagune to suggest that the building was started in ‘7th June 1294, and was finished as noted by Sansovino 1325’. It seems possible that Ruskin was misled into conflating the foundation of the church and the building as it now is. However he does makes the point at Works, 11.433 that the west entrance is only a little before the Porta della Carta, and so shows evidence of decline. On this decline see also Works, 11.13.
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