[ noun ] Italian painter of the Venetian school (1528-1588) <noun.person>
Veronese \Ver`o*nese"\, a. [It. Veronese.] Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy. -- n. sing. & pl. A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona.
Veronese extends that landscape indoors, confecting romantic vistas beyond trompe l'oeil marble balustrades and rustic scenes reflecting the four seasons. Allegorical figures celebrate the pleasures of music.
One of them, Saint Menna, may be a self-portrait of Veronese.
Among the scores of asides that constitute the real heart of the book, only a few have any direct bearing on art history, and fewer still have anything to do with Veronese's painting.