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BORDONE, PARIS (1495-1570)

BORDONE, See also:
PARIS
PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)
PARIS (1495-1570) , Venetian painter, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Treviso, and entered the bottega of See also:

Titian in 1509. See also:

VASARI, GIORGIO (1511-1571)

Vasari, to whom we are indebted for nearly all the facts of Bordone's life—later See also:

RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research has not added much to our knowledge—holds that he did not spend many years with Titian and set himself to imitate the manner of See also:

Giorgione to the utmost of his See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power. As a See also:

MATTER

matter of fact, the Giorgionesque traits in Bordone's earlier See also:

WORKS

works are derived entirely from Titian, whom he imitated so closely that to this See also:

day some of his paintings pass under Titian's name. See also:

Crowe and Cavalcaselle and Dr See also:

BODE, JOHANN ELERT (1747–1826)

Bode ascribe to Bordone the " See also:

BAPTISM

Baptism of See also:

Christ " in the Capitoline See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery, but See also:

MORELLI, GIOVANNI (1816-1891)

Morelli See also:

SEES

sees in it an See also:

early See also:

WORK

work of Titian. Paris Bordone subsequently executed many important mural paintings in See also:

Venice, Treviso and See also:

VICENZA

Vicenza, all of which have perished. In 1538 he was invited to See also:

France by See also:

Francis I., at whose See also:

court he painted many portraits, though no trace of them is to be found in See also:

French collections, the two portraits at the Louvre being later acquisitions. On his return See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey he undertook works of See also:

GREAT

great importance for the See also:

FUGGER

Fugger See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace at See also:

Augsburg, which again have been lost sight of. Bordone's pictures are of very unequal merit. They have a certain See also:

NOBILITY

nobility of See also:

style, and that See also:

GOLDEN

golden See also:

HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony of See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour which he derived from Titian, together with the realistic conception of the human figure and the dignified See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his See also:

PORTRAITURE

portraiture. On the other See also:

hand, his nudes are a little coarse in See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form, and the See also:

ACTION

action of his figures is frequently unnatural and affected. A true See also:

child of the See also:

RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance, he also painted a number of religious pictures, numerous mythological scenes, allegories, See also:

NYMPHS

nymphs, cupids and subjects from See also:

OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid's fables, but he excelled as a portraitist. His See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal surviving work is the "Fisherman and See also:

DOGE

Doge" at the Venice See also:

Academy.

The See also:

NATIONAL

National Gallery, See also:

LONDON

London, has a " See also:

DAPHNIS

Daphnis and Chloe" and a portrait of a See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, whilst a "See also:

HOLY

Holy See also:

FAMILY

Family" from his See also:

brush is at See also:

BRIDGWATER

Bridgwater See also:

House. Other important works of his are the " Madonna " in the Tadini collection at See also:

LOVERE

Lovere, the paintings in the Duomo of Treviso, two mythological pictures at the See also:

VILLA

Villa See also:

BORGHESE

Borghese and the See also:

DORIA, ANDREA (1466-156o)

Doria palace in See also:

Rome, the " See also:

CHESS

Chess Players " in See also:

Berlin, a very little-known portrait of superb quality in the See also:

possession of the See also:

LANDGRAVE (Ger. Landgraf, from Land, " a country" and Graf, "count" )

landgrave of See also:

Hesse at Kronberg, and a " Baptism of Christ " in See also:

PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia. Besides these, there are examples of his See also:

art in See also:

Bergamo, See also:

Milan, See also:

GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, See also:

PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, See also:

SIENA

Siena, Venice, See also:

Florence, See also:

MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich, See also:

DRESDEN

Dresden and See also:

Vienna. Beyond some references in See also:

general works on See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

PAINTING

painting, very little has been written on Paris Bordone since the days of Vasari. In 1900 the See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the See also:

FOURTH

fourth See also:

CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

centenary of Paris Bordone, Treviso, published L. Barlo and G. Biscaro's Della Vita e delle Opere di Paris Bordone; and the Nuova Antologia (See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 16, 1900) , contains a sixteen-See also:

page See also:

paper on Paris Bordone by P. G. Molmenti. (P. G.

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