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| dispute arose and he willed that his body
should be taken home to Cadore.
In 1876 only lacking a few months
of being 100 years old. the great master
was claimed a victim by the plague. 1t
had also taken his gifted son. Arazio.
and 10000 more. 1t could not be that he
should be denied a place of sacred re-
pose. although all the rest of the plague
stricken dead We're refused it by public
decree. SO his body was borne in SOL
emn procession and laid away in the
Frari where he first wished to lie"
Mrs. j. A. Canty commenced her paper
with an explanation for it's briefness.
After consulting encyclopedias. die
tionaries and art books both at home
and abroad. nowhere could l find men,
ton made of Giorgio Barbarettie. the
su1iec; assigned me in the year book
So l made up my mind he was of the
order OF Sarey Camp ana Mrs. Hare
and turned my attention to Giorgio Bar
hareli. and although history is spar
ing in records of this painter. and the
traditions which have taken their place
are laden with fable, l will give you n
sketehy idea of him. He was one of
the last group of great painters who. in
the beginning of the sixteenth century.
carried on the glories of Venetian art.
The Venetians of this period were great
in color. and this ability constituted the
charm OF their pictures. They gave the
warmth of life to the color of flesh, life
in its fullest beauty and health, color in
its deepest glow. Atmosphere in the
purest brlliarcy was the chief aim of
the school. Two great names stand at
the head of this schooi-Giorgn a23
Titian-both pupils of Bellnai Giorgio
was natural son by peasant girl OF
Jacob Barbarelli. being born in HTS
Mrs Canty said that she could find
nothing regarding his childhood or early
teaching. but one thing she did learn
that no painter stood higher in his own
time or has remained more steadily a.
the same elevation at the present day:
that no gallery. public or private, was
considered complete without one Of his
works. He found the Venetian school in
possession of the art of oil painting.
This he developed to it's utmost extern,
by glazing and other processes by which
a depth and richness before unknown
was given.
Mrs. Canty Went on and compared the
difference of his process and Titian's.
She said that in looking for copy she
came across an item which was inter-
esting. 1t was in regard to the revival
of modern Italian art. One Lorento. OF
Venice. was said to have almost en-
tirely discarded painting in Oil in favor
of a process of his own invention. She
also found a copy of two of his paint
ings. These she exhibited
Mrs Canty named all of Giorgo's mas
terpieces. giving a good descrip tion of
each. She showed print of the paint
ing in n Dresden pa1Iarv
asleep in a landscape. Mrs. CAVITY said
that the authorities of the gallery now
recognize the Importance of this price,
less work and have given it a promnen.
place: that from it Titan and other mas
tiers took their we'll known reclining
Nenuses and other nude women. but no
one will hesitate to acknowledge the
superiority of the original. She closed
her paper as follows:
''Giorgios love was given to music
beautiful women, and above all to his
beautiful art. but il was only in the last
six years of his short life that Giorgio
developed his full power. The few
works that have come down to us show
such an original and highly poetical
mind such simple, unprecedented and fine
artist nature. that critics say one who
has ever understood him never can or
Will forget him. He died of plague, ac-
cordn2 to one authority. in 1910. at the
early age of "a years, and of unrequited
love, and was buried in the church of
his native city. 1t would be really hard
to say more about Gorgio than this;
that his pictures are the perfect reflex
of the renaissance at it's height. The
pictures by Giorgio are to be found in
Berin-Portrait of Man: Castle
Franco-Madonna and Child: Florence
Trial of Moses, Three Knights of Malta,
Judgment of Solomon: Hampton Court
Shepherd with Pipe: Madrd-Madonna:
Paris-Garlen Party; Rome-Portrait
of Lady; Venice-Storm Gained by st.
Mark.