and how we recognised a likeness to our son the young man by lorenzo lotto
and the marvel of titian in the pesaro madonna ( pesaro the bishop of paphos who commissioned it and played a star turn in its pagantry ) you loved the colours and the chiaroscuro of the sky
we tried but were out of luck to see leonardo ' s vitruvian drawing ( souvenir magnet on our fridge ) rememberng jack your father ' s the perfect " cemetery " of man
I shall never forget your delight as you greeted works of the masters as if you were meeting long since friends from school
veronese and tiepolo mannerist frescoes made to awe tintoretto in the ducale wall to wall we could be there with canaletto pouring sunlight over san giorgio maggiore
canvas by the acre martyrs painted by the score in tar and blood
to see what turner whistler and monet saw where byron swam and browning died