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The Venetian School of Painting (1912)

Phillipps, Evelyn March, d. 1915 · London : Macmillan and Co., limited · leaf 229

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ties of anatomy in its finest sense, and the broadgeneralisation of his forms may be meantto conceal uncertain drawing, but his large-bosomed, matronly women and plump children,his round, soft contours, his clean brilliancy, andthe clear golden polish in which his picturesare steeped, made a great… … PALMA VECCHIO the spreading trees of a rich and picturesquelandscape. It is Palmas version of the Giorgion-esque ideal, which he had his share in establish-ing and developing. The heavy tree-trunk anddark foliage, silhouetted almost black againstthe background, are characteristic of his…

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