The Hermitage, Leningrad: Venetian Painting 15th to 18th Century / Эрмитаж. Ленинград. Венецианская живопись XV-XVIII веков
The Venetian school of painting is a phenomenon no less unique than the Queen of the Adriatic herself, with her matchless architecture rising amidst natural scenery of singular beauty. During the period from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth, Venetian painting traversed a long evolutionary path. Painters of the Venetian school had a particular colouristic vision which stimulated untiring exploration of problems of colouring and colour harmonies. A strong interest in landscape and a subtle ...