Venetian school

American  

noun

1. any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.

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Etymology

Origin of Venetian school

First recorded in 1740–50

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Venetian school

“Paolo Veneziano: Art and Devotion in 14th-Century Venice” Works by the medieval painter regarded as the founder of the Venetian school are on view July 13 through Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2021

They showed four panels by Bartolommeo Montagna, a minor master of the late 15th century Venetian school.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, Francesco Guardi was the last master of the Venetian school.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ludovico Caracci followed the Venetian school, but subdued the colours of the whole picture, to what Sir Joshua Reynolds calls a "cloistered tone," the effect of a "dim religious light, through storied pane."

From Colour as a Means of Art Being an Adaption of the Experience of Professors to the Practice of Amatures by Frank Howard

Several excellent pictures of the Venetian school, of middle size, completed this assemblage of elegance and refined taste.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue

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