A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, ArchitectureWaters, Clara Erskine Clement
History
A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement
Art -- History
Several works of his are simply enormous; one is seventy-four by thirty
feet; the school of St. Roch has fifty-seven large pictures by him, in
many of which the figures are of life size. His two most famous works are
the "Miracle of St. Mark," in the Academy of Venice, and the
"Crucifixion," in the school of St. Roch. The last is, for every reason,
his best work; there are crowds of people in it, on foot and on horseback,
while their faces show every possible kind of expression, and their
movements are infinitely varied. The immense painting mentioned above is
in the Doge's Palace, and is called "Paradise." His daughter, MARIETTA
ROBUSTI (1560-1590), was a pupil of her father's, and became so good a
portrait-painter that she was invited to the Court of Spain by Philip II.,
but her father could not consent to a separation from her. Some excellent
pictures of hers still exist, and her portraits of Marco dei Vescovi and
the antiquarian Strada were celebrated pictures. When the Emperor
Maximilian and the Archduke Ferdinand, each in turn, desired her presence
at their courts, her father hastened to marry her to Mario Augusti, a
wealthy German jeweller, upon the condition that she should remain in her
father's house. She was celebrated for her beauty, had fine musical
talents, and was sprightly and enthusiastic; her father was so fond of
having her with him that he sometimes allowed her to dress as a boy, and
go with him to study where young girls were not admitted.
When but thirty years old Marietta Robusti died; she was buried in the
Church of Santa Maria dell Orto, where are several works by her father.
Both he and her husband mourned for her all their remaining days. Many
pictures of Tintoretto painting his daughter's portrait after her death
have been made by later artists.
PAOLI CAGLIARI, or CALIARI, called PAUL VERONESE (1528-1588), was born at
Verona, but as he lived mostly at Venice, he belongs to the school of that
city. He was an imitator of Titian, whom he did not equal; still he was a
fine painter. His excellences were in his harmonious color, his good
arrangement of his figures in the foreground, and his fine architectural
backgrounds. He tried to make his works magnificent, and to do this he
painted festive scenes, with many figures in splendid costumes. He is
buried in the Church of St. Sebastian, where there are many of his works.
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