Famous paintings as seen and described by famous writers (1907)
Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 26
etending simplicity. Putting asidethese higher conditions and looking only to perfection ofexecution and essentially artistic power of design, I rankthis Carpaccio above either of them, and therefore, as inthese respects, the best picture in the world. I know noother which unites every nameable… … DUE CORTIGIANE VENEZIANl CARPACCIO. DUE CORTIGIANE VENEZIANE II Venice, severest in Florence, naturalest in England. What-ever de Hooghe could do in shade, Van Eyck in detail—Giorgione in mass—Titian in colour—Berwick and Land-seer in animal life, is here at once; and I know no otherpicture in the…
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