A history of painting in north Italy : Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Ferrara, Milan, Friuli, Brescia, from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century : drawn up from fresh materials after recent researches in the archives of Italy, and from personal inspection of the works of art scattered throughout Europe (1871)
Crowe, J. A. (Joseph Archer), 1825-1896, Cavalcaselle, G. B. (Giovanni Battista), 1820-1897 · London : J. Murray · leaf 237
e. Rudeness of outline and coarseness of face are thechief defects of the saints in the reception of S* Ursula, yetthe reality of the scene, the infinite multitude of clericaldignitaries, and the individual character of the heads,impress a stamp of unusual grandeur on the picture; and m. 2-79 h. by… … Chap. IX. CARPACCIO. 201 though the crowd is gathered on one spot, the chiefincidents are clearly and forcibly indicated, and a monu-mental breadth is gained by the solid structure of thebattlements and towers overlooking the landscape. Butof all these canvases, that which takes the prize…
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