Example sentences for: veronese

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  • Titian’s Pietà, a vibrant last work completed by pupil Palma il Giovane, was originally intended for his tomb in the Frari church (see page 131); Veronese’s Feast in the House of Levi was meant to be the Last Supper, until the Holy Inquisition complained about its “buffoons, drunkards, dwarfs, Germans, and similar vulgarities”; Tintoretto gives full play to his dark sense of drama in the Miracle of St. Mark.

  • Look out for Veronese’s Rape of Europa and Tintoretto’s Bacchus and Ariadne and Vulcan’s Forge in the Anticollegio; a masterly allegorical series by Veronese glorifying Venice in the Sala del Collegio, where foreign ambassadors were received; and weapons and suits of armor in the Armory (Sala d’Armi).

  • Along the north side of the Piazza Brà, the Liston, a people-watcher’s delight lined with smart cafés and fine restaurants, is the street for the Veronese bourgeoisie’s popular evening stroll (passeggiata).

  • Look for the brilliant colors of Veronese’s oval ceiling painting of Venice Crowned by Victory, forerunner of the Baroque tours de force in perspective.

  • The top-floor Capitoline Picture Gallery (Pinacoteca Capitolina) has important Venetian works by Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, Lotto, and Veronese, as well as a fine Rubens Romulus and Remus and Caravaggio’s St. John the Baptist.


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