Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists (Extract)

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Title: Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 6

Subtitle: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artist

Author: Elbert Hubbard

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LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF THE GREAT, VOLUME 6

Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists

ELBERT HUBBARD

MEMORIAL EDITION

Project Gutenberg extract – 3 – Little Journeys vol.6
BELLINI

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With the rise of the Bellinis, Venetian art ceased to be provincial, blossoming out into national. Jacopo Bellini was a teacher--mild, gentle, sympathetic, animated. His work reveals personality, but is somewhat stiff and statuesque: sharp in outline like an antique stained-glass window. This is because his art was descended from the glassworkers; and he himself continued to make designs for the glassworkers of Murano all his life.

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Giovanni Bellini ... {Glass-study: a.k.a. 'Gian' and 'The Master'}

I got back to the landing just as Gian came down to his boat. I approached him and explained that I was a poor worker in the glass-factory, who had to work all day and half the night, and as I lived over in the city and my wife was dying, I must get home. Would he allow me to ride with His Highness? "Certainly--with pleasure, with pleasure!" he answered, and then pulling something from under his sash he said, "Is this your cap, signor?" I took my cap, but my tongue was paralyzed for the moment so I could not thank him.

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{Glass-Study: Other Minor references to glass occur in the full text}