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Love in Art

Mary Knight Potter

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... ing as other works by Veronese. It suggests, too, less of myth and more of nature. Bacchus and Ariadne, one of Tintoretto's masterpieces, hangs in the Ducal Palace at Venice. Here are shown both the faults and the charms of this painter, who lived to see all the great lights of the Renaissance one by one die out. Ariadne sits on a curtain-draped mound rising out of the sea, while Bacchus has waded through the water to her side and is holding out the ring. The floating goddess above their heads places a crown of stars upon Ariadne's brow, at the same time lifting Ariadne's left hand to Bacchus for the wedding ring. The figures are loosely constructed, the heads decidedly commonplace; but the wonderful color, astounding management of light and shade, and charming movement, have never been more superbly rendered, and the canvas deserves all the lavish praise the years have brought it. His Minerva Driving away Mars, also in the Ducal Palace, has the same general characteristics, but is more crowded in composition and is less interesting as a whole. After Tintoretto come Ludovici and Annibale Caracci. In the Farnesina are their Jupiter and Juno, where the fickle god seems for the nonce to be making love to his legal spouse; and the Diana Embracing the Sleeping Endymion. The Caracci were talented draughtsmen, but the decadence is more than hinted at in their work. Of still later date are Albani's Apollo and Daphne, in the Louvre; Guido Reni's Bacchus and Ariadne and Andromeda, in Rome; Guercino's Sleeping Endymion in the Uffizi; Domenichino's Perseus and Andromeda in the Farnesina and his Pursuit of Love in the Castle of Bassano. All of these are interesting and often thoroughly charming works, with drawing and coloring both generally...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love in Art. To get started finding Love in Art, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ... ing as other works by Veronese. It suggests, too, less of myth and more of nature. Bacchus and Ariadne, one of Tintoretto's masterpieces, hangs in the Ducal Palace at Venice. Here are shown both the faults and the charms of this painter, who lived to see all the great lights of the Renaissance one by one die out. Ariadne sits on a curtain-draped mound rising out of the sea, while Bacchus has waded through the water to her side and is holding out the ring. The floating goddess above their heads places a crown of stars upon Ariadne's brow, at the same time lifting Ariadne's left hand to Bacchus for the wedding ring. The figures are loosely constructed, the heads decidedly commonplace; but the wonderful color, astounding management of light and shade, and charming movement, have never been more superbly rendered, and the canvas deserves all the lavish praise the years have brought it. His Minerva Driving away Mars, also in the Ducal Palace, has the same general characteristics, but is more crowded in composition and is less interesting as a whole. After Tintoretto come Ludovici and Annibale Caracci. In the Farnesina are their Jupiter and Juno, where the fickle god seems for the nonce to be making love to his legal spouse; and the Diana Embracing the Sleeping Endymion. The Caracci were talented draughtsmen, but the decadence is more than hinted at in their work. Of still later date are Albani's Apollo and Daphne, in the Louvre; Guido Reni's Bacchus and Ariadne and Andromeda, in Rome; Guercino's Sleeping Endymion in the Uffizi; Domenichino's Perseus and Andromeda in the Farnesina and his Pursuit of Love in the Castle of Bassano. All of these are interesting and often thoroughly charming works, with drawing and coloring both generally...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Love in Art. To get started finding Love in Art, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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