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...photographs is made up of reproductions of the work of the Italian school of the sixteenth century, among those represented being Titian, Cogliari or Paul Veronese, Bellini, Robusti and Rosseo de Rossi...
Reynolds's greatness lies in the way he observed the colors of nature and imparted them to canvas. Somewhat deficient in draughtsmanship, often excelled by Romney in rendering the beauty of a woman's face, but combining the color of Titian, the grace of Corregio, the depth of Rembrandt, Sir Joshua Reynolds stands unrivalled and alone...
...wisdom is not the having learned any particular thing, but the result of many knowledge mutually acting upon and modifying each other. Michael Angelo chose for his emblem the figure of an old man in a child's go-cart with the motto, anchor impair,- I am still learning. Titian, dying of the plague at ninety-nine, exclaimed sadly, "My God, must I die now, just as I had learned to paint an eye!" Indeed the word learning, which we use to express a result, does by its very form imply an unfinished and unfinishable process. What the judgment requires...
Unfortunately, Gorgona died young. His work, however, though inferior to that of Titian, perhaps influenced the latter. Calm in mood, dignified in conception, Titian is the embodiment of excellence in painting. He made no attempt to express the inexpressible, but was rather the portrayer of humanity. For ninety-nine years he lived in full possession of his powers, combining a perfect mastery of his art with a wide knowledge of nature. It is generally not permissible to call an artist the best there has been, but if anyone deserves the superlative, it is Titian...
Tintoretto was the most rapid worker of the four, and it is not to be expected that all his work should be up to his highest standard, which was scarcely inferior to Titian. He combined the early line work of Florence with the vivid coloring of Venice and produced an admirable amalgam. Through all his many paintings he shows great invention and startling originality of conception. Throughout the work of Verrezana there is an underlying decorative motive. In pictures brilliant in color and elaborate in decoration, he portrays pomp and magnificence at its highest point, but with nothing trivial about...