The pictorial art of Venice finished with Tiepolo, and it seemed as if he was resolved that it should not die ignominiously, for in spirit and gaiety he was little inferior to Veronese himself.
But it was otherwise in those more congenial works in which his hand spoke as his fancy prompted, and in which he poured forth the gaiety of his art or the gall of his sarcasm.
It is characteristic of the spirit of his time that the pictures by Veronese of banquets and other scenes of gaiety were mostly painted for monasteries.
Ludwig, but Bastiani's pictures lack the charm and gaiety of Carpaccio and his chief claim to fame is that which the critics now award him of having been the master of that great painter.
This fortunate discovery has in some degree restored our gaiety and cheerfulness.
Before him, she often forced a gaiety she did not feel; now she sat in sorrow, and the once laughing face looked pale and care-worn.
An impulse, impossible to resist, impelled her to visit that scene, whose gaiety harmonized so little with her feelings.
The representatives of the Gaiety of that day, Nellie Farren, Kate Vaughan, Kate Munroe, and Amalia were among the attractive actresses who frequented the club.
Illustration: Played first at the Gaiety Theatre where the profits, L600, were handed over by the Amateur Company to the Central Theatrical Fund.
In the mountain Club Hut, to which he had escaped after weeks of gaiety in the capital, Delane, young travelling Englishman, sat alone, and listened to the wind that beat the pines with violence.
They producegaiety and enthusiasm as wind produces waves.
Lord David sang French songs, an elegant gaietywhich had delighted Charles II.
He sobbed; they burst into gaiety, and under that gaiety he had sunk fatally submerged.
In the midst of that tempest of gaiety commingled with ferocity, Gwynplaine fell into a reverie.
They wandered from town to town; and they had for provision and for stimulant the frank, loving gaiety of the people.
The sensation of gaiety due to the sudden shock caused by the rictus of Gwynplaine was evidently not intended by Ursus.
The thought was sobering, and on that first day there was little of the gaiety and jest that had marked their life in the camps behind.
The three friends seemed extraordinarily happy, with a nervous gaiety which made them catch hold of each other and laugh.
And sometimes their gaiety becomes satiric, for, as they play, real passions insinuate themselves, and at least the reality of death.
He had been a light-hearted and rather frivolous creature; fond of gaiety and overflowing with the milk of human kindness.
In spite of the warmth of the room, the gaiety of the scene, she looked pinched and older than her years.
The deed is done, Katherine," he announced, with an attempt at gaiety while his heart was heavy within him.
She blew up the dull brazier to renewed warmth, set water to boil, and in a real exultation lighted four candles to celebrate with as much gaiety as possible the new atmosphere of joy and hope in the stark room.
A long career of baths and watering-places, of Baden and Homburg, and every other conceivable resort of temporary gaiety and fashion, had brought her to this.
The girl's gaiety had attracted even the pair at the other end of the table, who had so much to say to each other.
Lucy's laugh at the absurdity of the idea rang out with all the gaiety of a child.
She had, he thought, every virtue that a mother could have, and she combined them with a gaiety of spirit that made her take her virtues as if they were the most delightful amusements.
Oddly enough, there was a spirit of real gaiety in the air.
It was of this gaiety that he had first thought until Mathilde had pointed out to him that there was tragedy in the situation.
I did make the promise as desired, and he appeared relieved; his manner recovered all its gaiety and elasticity: but the recollection of the strange scene which I have just described dwelt painfully upon my mind.
Pray pause, Sir Cavalier," she smiled, falling easily into the gaiety of the man's mood.
He shrugged a dismissal of the subject, and his voice assumed a light gaiety of tone.
Theirs was the call of youth to youth, of youth to gaiety and adventure.
She thought of it all vaguely at first, that lost girlish joy of hers, the free, careless gaiety which had swept her along as she danced.
Indeed, the face of this solitary queen had something of the gaiety of a drunken Nero: she had satiated herself with blood, and she wanted to play.
Smith, I fancy, was more airy, and took the eye with a certain gaiety of person.
The comedy, I have said, is incongruous; a mixture of Congreve with sentimental incompatibilities; the gaiety upon the whole is buoyant; but it required the consummate art of Palmer to reconcile the discordant elements.
Althea's blissful preoccupation and his gaiety had all the evening proclaimed the happy event.
Miss Harriet Robinson, all alert gaiety and appreciation, had arrived at Merriston on Saturday, had talked all through Sunday, and had come up to London with Althea and Gerald on Monday morning.
Don't tell Helen what I've told you,' Mrs. Mallison with gentle gaiety warned her.
Even the enforced gaiety of the dresses would be distasteful to her, and there would hardly be sufficient cause for pressing her to be present on such an occasion.
But Robert's wife was given to gaiety and dinner-parties and had been seen even at balls.
This unnatural gaiety ended, I fancy, in an hysterical fit.
For all their forced gaiety the eyes had a faraway expression; they were penetrating through dividing walls, peering into saucepans, anxiously regarding the preparation of sauce.
Up the church aisle came the two women, side by side, graver now as befitted their surroundings, yet bringing with them a whiff of the world of gaiety and fashion, the influence of which spread subtly over the feminine body of workers.
We ought to receive our friends with gaiety and smiles and welcome, not knitting our brows, or inspiring fear and trembling in the attendants.
