Bad times for poetry, but thank the gods for powerful zooms I

from the National Gallery website, where you can see their whole collection, amazing.

Details + from the Accademia Galleries

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from the miracle of the cross, Gentile Bellini

from the life of St. Ursula cycle, Carpaccio

from the presentation in the temple, Carpaccio

this is not a detail. This is a Bellini  [before Bellini was a cocktail]

view of the Giorgione's inside the museum

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Here's some links to Carpaccio's, Gentile Bellini's, Giovanni Bellini's and Giorgione's images in case you want to know more.
Giorgione's Google, doesn't that sound good?

Metrosexual ?

Vittore Carpaccio: Miracle of the Relic of the True Cross (1494)

Accademia Galleries, Venice



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The bag without the mystics

Nicolo di Pietro, L'arrivo dei Re Magi, detail (XV century)

Accademia Galleries

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Ideas to sign your paintings

                                                               from paintings in the Accademia Galleries

March's quiz

Who is wearing this magnificent pendant?