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Title: Plain-towns of Italy : the cities of old Venetia
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Williams, Egerton R. (Egerton Ryerson), b. 1873 Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Cities and towns
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. Cambridge (Mass.) : Riverside Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the beautiful; when he had goneto labor at Giovanni Bellinis studio, and grown tofirst manho9d, his commanding figure, noble head,and graceful, dignified deportment, quickly drew fromthe Venetians that sobriquet by which he is still known.Like the proverbial flashing meteor, as has been wellsaid, his star soared above his masters and all others,glowed unsurpassably brilliant in the meridian, and asquickly perished of its own internal fires. Who thatknows Giorgio Barbarelli through his works, does notlove him, — and who that is acquainted with the sad-ness of his early fate, does not compassionate it?^ In his works two characteristics prevail, senti- ^ Tuthill, Precious Thoughts from RusJcin. ^ He died in 1512 at Venice, at the age of 33, his heart broken — so itis said — by the faithless conduct of his inamorata, Cecilia, in secretlytransferring her affections to Giorgios pupil, Pietro Luzzo. The remainslie near those of his friend Matteo Costanzo, in the Castelfranco cemetery.
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CASTELFRANCO 167 ment and color, both tinged with his peculiar temper-ament; the sentiment is noble but melancholy, andthe color decided, intense, and glowing. He was thefirst Venetian who cast aside the antiquated con-straint of the Bellini school, treated art with freedom,and handled his colors in a bold, decided manner.The works of Giorgione are amongst the most rareand beautiful examples of the Venetian school.^Alas, that they are so very rare; to come upon oneis like finding a coruscating ruby in a bed of sand.Who does not cherish with keen delight the memoryof that wonderful Concert in the Pitti, with its at-mosphere of languorous dreamy eventide throughwhich the musicians strains are stealing! Kuglers famous summary is the best: His paint-ings generally have a luminous power and subdued in-ternal glow, the sternness of which forms a singularcontrast to the repose which prevails without; and hisportraits represent an elevated race of beings capableof the noblest and grandest eff

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