Pompeo Molmenti
Published: 2017-07-20
Total Pages: 596
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Excerpt from The Life and Works of Vittorio Carpaccio 0 present in another language the researches of two such T eminent scholars as the late Herr Gustav Ludwig and Prof. Pompeo Molmenti is, I am aware, a bold under taking, but the friendly sympathy and kindness of the survivor of these two distinguished writers have greatly encouraged me in completing my task. It is obvious that a verbal translation would have been both impossible from _a literary point of View and unfair to the original authors. I believe however that, while throwing the whole material into an English form, I have nowhere deviated from the facts or opinions expressed in the Italian version. It was perhaps for this reason an advantage that I had myself no deep knowledge either of Carpaccio's life or of his work, beyond a great admiration for it as seen in Venice. Consequently, I have been able to sit at the feet of the learned writers whose work it is my privilege to present here: and I trust that the result of my attention to their teachings may not be altogether uninteresting or fruitless to those to whom the original work is a sealed book. As the authors have occasion to remark, the revival of interest in this delightful artist is comparatively recent; but it has grown, as it deserved to grow, rapidly: so much so that among the many attractions to Venice Carpaccio's Cycles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
