Vulgar words in The Venetian School of Painting (Page 1)
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And, again, in the "Finding of Moses" (Brera) he paints nobles playing the lute, making love and feasting, and lovely fair-haired women listening complacently.
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He was then asked why he had introduced the buffoon with a parrot on his hand.
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This defence of the vast and crowded canvas did not commend itself, and he was asked if he really thought that at the Last Supper of our Saviour it was fitting to bring in dwarfs, buffoons, drunken Germans, and other absurdities.
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All round are grouped flags and dragons, "nations grappling in the airy blue," bands of Red Indians in their war-paint and happy couples making love.