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Page 458
... Venus " ( Gemäldegalerie , Dresden ) , a fact recorded by a contemporary writer , Marcantonio Michiel . Still Giorgionesque is the somewhat more lush setting of Titian's " Baptism of Christ " ( c . 1515 , Capito- line Museum , Rome ) ...
... Venus " ( Gemäldegalerie , Dresden ) , a fact recorded by a contemporary writer , Marcantonio Michiel . Still Giorgionesque is the somewhat more lush setting of Titian's " Baptism of Christ " ( c . 1515 , Capito- line Museum , Rome ) ...
Page 460
... Venus and Cupid with an Organist " and the " Venus and the Lute Player " are variations on the theme of the earlier " Venus of Urbino . " Aside from the emphasis on the idealized beauty of the nude goddess , it is generally believed ...
... Venus and Cupid with an Organist " and the " Venus and the Lute Player " are variations on the theme of the earlier " Venus of Urbino . " Aside from the emphasis on the idealized beauty of the nude goddess , it is generally believed ...
Page 461
... Venus " ( 1518-19 ) and " The Andrians " ( 1523-24 ; both in Prado , Madrid ) ; " Venus Anadyomene " ( c . 1525 ; National Gal- lery of Scotland , Edinburgh , lent by the Duke of Suther- land ; " Venus of Urbino " ( 1538-39 ; Uffizi ...
... Venus " ( 1518-19 ) and " The Andrians " ( 1523-24 ; both in Prado , Madrid ) ; " Venus Anadyomene " ( c . 1525 ; National Gal- lery of Scotland , Edinburgh , lent by the Duke of Suther- land ; " Venus of Urbino " ( 1538-39 ; Uffizi ...
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