Paolo Veronese

thumb|I had not thought that I was doing wrong; I had never taken so many things into consideration. Paolo Veronese (1528 – 19 April 1588) was an important Venetian Renaissance painter. His birth name was Paolo Cagliari or Paolo Caliari; he became known as "Veronese" from his birthplace in Verona. Quotes thumb|I paint my pictures with such judgment as I have and as seems fitting. Testimony to the Inquisition, (1573) Testimony to the Inquisition in Venice (18 July 1573) as translated by Charles Yriarte We painters use the same license as poets and madmen. Unsourced variant translation: We painters take the same liberties as poets and madmen. I paint my pictures with all the considerations which are natural to my intelligence, and according as my intelligence understands them. Unsourced variant translation: I paint my pictures with such judgment as I have and as seems fitting. I had not thought that I was doing wrong; I had never taken so many things into consideration. Quotes about Veronese Titian, Tintoretto, and Paul Veronese absolutely enchanted me, for they took away all sense of subject. ... It was the poetry of color which I felt, procreative in its nature, giving birth to a thousand things which the eye cannot see, and distinct from their cause.' Washington Allston, as quoted in The Quotable Artist (2002) by Peggy Hadden, p. 20 There are three Venetians that are never separated in my mind — Titian, Veronese, and Tintoret. John Ruskin, in Art Culture : A Hand-Book of Art Technicalities and Criticisms'' (1877), p. 9 External links ART VIEW; Homage to a Gentleman of Verona Veronese biography on Web Gallery of Art Paolo Caliari in the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia Category:Painters from Italy Category:Catholics from Italy Category:1528 births Category:1588 deaths Category:People from Veneto