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 ITALIAN (ROMAN) RENAISSANCE. 475 5. REFERENCE BOOKS. Fontana (G.). — " Raccolta delle Chiese di Roma." 4 vols., folio. 1855. Geymiiller (H. de). — "The School of Bramante." R.I.B.A. Trans. i8gi. Geymuller (H. de). — " Les Projets primitifs pour la Basilique de St. Pierre de Rome." 2 vols., 4toand folio. Paris and Vienna, 1875-1880. Letarouilly (P. M.). — " Edifices de Rome Moderne." 3 vols., folio and 4to vol. of text. Paris, 1868. Letarouilly. — " Le Vatican et la Basilique de Saint-Pierre de Rome," 2 vols. Paris, 1882. Maccari (E.). — II Palazzo di Caprarola. Folio. Berlin. Palladio (A.). — " I Quattro Libri dell' Architettura." The best English editions are those by Leoni and Ware. Percier (C.) et Fontaine (P. F. L.).— " Choixdeplus Celebres Maisons de Plaisance de Rome et de ses Environs." Folio. Paris, i8og. Rossi (D. de). — " Studio d'Architettura Civile della Citta di Roma." 3 vols., folio. Roma, 1720-1721. Scamozzi (O. B.). — " Fabbriche e Designi di Andrea Palladio." 4 vols., folio. Vicenza, 1776. Strack (H.). — " Baudenkmaeler Roms des XV. -XIX. Jahrhunderts." Folio. Berlin, 1891. Suys (T. F.) et Haudebourt (L. P.). — " Palais Massimi a Rome." Folio. Paris, 1818. Lytton (Lord).—" Rienzi." ) HistoHral Novels Yeats (S. L.).— " The Honour of Savelli." ) "istoucal Novels. THE VENETIAN SCHOOL. " Underneath day's azure eyes, Ocean's nursling, Venice lies, A peopled labyrinth of walls, Amphitrite's destined halls, Which her hoary sire now paves With his blue and beaming waves. Lo ! the sun upsprings behind, Broad, red, radiant, half-reclined On the level, quivering line Of the water's crystalline ; And before that dream of light, As within a furnace bright, Column, tower, and dome, and spire Shine like obelisks of fire, Panting with inconstant motion From the altar of dark ocean To the sapphire-tinted sky." — Shelley. I. INFLUENCES (see page 437). i. Geographical. — The greatness of Venice was founded on Oriental commerce, due to her important geographical position, and the effect of this commercial prosperity lasted well into Renaissance times (pages 232, 404J. The history of the Venetian state was always influenced by the proximity of the sea, and the peculiar formation of the coast.