Pictures and their painters; the history of painting (1907)
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, 1855- · New York: John Lane Co. · leaf 175
cteristic of the Venetian school. The picture is lifesize and painted on canvas in oil, a medium that was broughtto \^enice by Antonello da Messina. Mr. Cole in his notesf)n his engraving of The Knight says: No artist knowsl)etter than Giorgione how to captivate the mind and to holdthe imagination… … Fig. 99.—Giorgione. The Concert. Pitti Palace. Florence. the olive-wood beads, intensify and vivify the flesh tints ofthe face and hand and the white of the chemisette. There isa richness and softness in the blending of these strongly con-trasted colors that only a master hand could have made…
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