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Inst. of Technology
Ateliers in New York City Athens, Erechtheion, Cap and Base from "
Parthenon, Cap from " Propylæa " Bari, Cathedral of, Window in " S.
Gregorio, Window in Beaux-Arts Architects, Society of Bittonto,
Cathedral, Window in " Window in Boston Public Library, Decoration
of Building Exhibit Byzantine-Romanesque Doorways
Byzantine-Romanesque Windows Capitals, Monreale " Ravenna Case,
John W., Hints to Draughtsmen Catalogues of Exhibitions Clark Medal
Competition Cleveland Architectural Club Cloister of Monreale Club
Notes Architectural Club of Lehigh University Architectural Club of
San Francisco Architectural League of New York Art League,
Milwaukee Baltimore Architectural Club Boston Architectural Club
Buffalo
Chapter A
.I.A. Chicago Architectural Club Cincinnati Architectural Club
Cleveland Architectural Sketch Club Denver Architectural Sketch Club
Detroit Architectural Sketch Club "P.D.'s" Rochester Sketch Club
Sketch Club of New York Society of Beaux-Arts Architects St. Louis
Architectural Club St. Paul Architectural Sketch Club T Square Club,
Philadelphia Columbia College Competition for Advertising Design
Competitions, Awards in Competitions, Brochure Series " " " No. 1, " "
" No. 2, " " " No. 3, Conversano, Doorway of Cathedral Cosmaiti Work
Country Houses of Normandy Country Houses, English Doorways,
Byzantine-Romanesque Ecole des Beaux-Arts, diplomas England.
Hanover, Old Houses Lythe Hill Mayfield, Sussex, Middle House
Saintesbury Hall Smithells Speke Hall Stokesay Castle Worsley, Old
Hall English Country Houses Epidauros, Tholos, Cap and Fragment
from Farmhouses, French Florence, Baptistery, Pavement from "
Palazzo Guadagni, Lantern from " S. Miniato, Pavement from " Strozzi
Palace, Lantern from Florentine Pavements Gothic Palaces of Venice
Greek Detail, Fragments of Harvard University Hints to Draughtsmen
Italian Wrought Iron Lanterns, Wrought Iron Lucca, Palazzo Brocella,
Lantern from " " Baroni " " Mass. Institute of Technology Messina,

Cathedral, Pulpit Monreale, The Cloister of Mosaic Floors, Modern
Mosaic Work Normandy, Ferme de Turpe " Ferme la Vallanine "
Manoir at Archelles " Manoir d' Ango " Manoir de Vitanval " Porch of
Church at Beuvreil Pavements, Two Florentine Palermo, Capella
Palatina, Pulpit in "P.D.'s" The Perugia, Chamber of Commerce, Panel
from " Renaissance Panels from " S. Pietro, Panels from Personals
Piano Case, Competition for Pulpits of Southern Italy Ravello,
Cathedral, Pulpit and Ambo in " S. Giovanni, Pulpit in Ravenna
Museum of Acad. Bel. Arti, Cap from S. Vitale, Caps from Ravenna
Capitals Reproduction of Architect's Drawings Roman Scholarship
Rome, American School of Architecture at Rome, S. Lorenzo Fuori,
Ambo in Rotch, Arthur, Bequest of Rotch Scholars, C.H. Blackall
Rotch Travelling Scholarship Salerno, Cathedral, Ambo and Pulpit in
Siena, Wrought Iron Torch Bearers from Terlizzi, Entrance to Church
of the Rosary Torch Bearers, Wrought Iron Trade Notes Trani,
Doorway of Cathedral " " Madonna di Loreto Turpe, Ferme de
Venetian Palaces Venice Ca D'oro Ducal Palace Palazzo Cavalli " "
Window-tracery in Palazzo Cicogna, Window-tracery in Palazzo
Contarini Fasan Palazzo Pisani Windows, Byzantine-Romanesque
Wood Floors Wrought Iron, Italian
[Illustration: I. The Southwest Angle of the Ducal Palace, Venice.]

THE BROCHURE SERIES
OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION.
VOL. I. JANUARY, 1895. No. I.
THE GOTHIC PALACES OF VENICE.
The location of Venice upon a group of islands, sufficiently removed
from the mainland to make it impossible to effectually attack it from
this side, and naturally defended on the side towards the sea by a long
chain of low islands, separated by shallow inlets and winding channels,
making it difficult to approach, has rendered the city peculiarly free
from the disturbing influences which were constantly at work in the
neighboring cities of Italy during the Middle Ages. While her
neighbors were building strong encircling walls, each individual house
a fortress in itself, Venice rested secure in her natural defences and
built her palaces open down to the water's edge, with no attempt at
fortification. Her hardy and adventurous inhabitants rapidly extended

their trade to all quarters of the world and accumulated vast wealth,
which was freely lavished on public and private buildings. The
magnificence of the former was only equalled in the days of ancient
Rome, and it is doubtful if the latter have ever been surpassed in
sumptuousness and splendor. The palaces of Venice form an
architectural group of great interest, in many respects quite distinct
from the contemporary buildings on the mainland. They were carefully
planned to satisfy the demands for comfort and convenience as well as
display. Most of them have the same arrangement of plan, and were
commonly built of two lofty and two low stories. On the ground floor,
or water level, is a hall running back from the gate to a bit of garden at
the other side of the palace, and on either side of this hall, which was
hung with the family trophies of the chase and war, are the porter's
lodge and gondoliers' rooms. On the first and second stories are the
family apartments, opening on either side from great halls, of