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Venice and its story (1910)

Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London, J. M. Dent ; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 313

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in the Accademia, is an excellent example of amode of composition which Palma brought to its ultimateform. He was the creator of that opulent type of femalebeauty with marmoreal neck and bosom uberous socharacteristic of Venetian art. Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani), 1485-1547,a pupil of… … ACCADEMIA—THE DEAD CHRISTBr Titian PAINTERS 205 a competent but not very gifted interpreter of the prevalenttype of sensuous beauty. The painting on the high altar inS. Giov. Grisostomo is a fine example of his early style andin Vasaris time was attributed to Giorgione. There is anearly Pieta in…

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