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| Francesco Bonsignori Virgin and Child 1483 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Francesco Bonsignori Virgin and Child with St Margaret ca. 1490 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Girolamo Bonsignori Annunciatory Angel ca. 1510 oil on canvas Museo degli affreschi Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Verona |
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| Girolamo Bonsignori Virgin Annunciate ca. 1510 oil on canvas Museo degli affreschi Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Verona |
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| Giovanni Mansueti Virgin and Child with St Jerome ca. 1500-1520 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Girolamo Marchesi The Deposition ca. 1500-1520 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Domenico Morone Virgin and Child before 1518 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Girolamo dai Libri Madonna of the Oak (detail with St Peter) ca. 1520 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Giovanni Maria Falconetto Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl before 1535 oil on panel Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Molosso) Episode in the Lives of St Dionysius, St Rusticus and St Eleutherius ca. 1580-90 oil on canvas Museo degli affreschi Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Verona |
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| Girolamo Vernuga Landscape with Hunter ca. 1600-1630 oil on copper Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Pasquale Ottino Dead Christ before 1630 oil on black marble (pietra da paragone) Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Antonio Calza Battle Scene ca. 1690 oil on canvas Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Francesco Guardi Capriccio with Figures before 1793 oil on canvas Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona |
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| Angelo dall'Oca Bianca Piazza delle Erbe, Verona 1903 oil on canvas Galleria d'Arte Moderna Achille Forti, Verona |
from The Epigrams of Martial
7.
The movie is better than the book
which is better than the experience
silver is better than gold (it doesn't infect piercings)
a fake masterpiece is better than a real one because at least it's affordable
permadeath in virtual warfare is better than actual death in actual warfare
imitation is better because it's sincere
whereas innovation seeks to impress
and anyway is never what it says it is
the second time is better than the first, as you well know!
the remake is self-conscious and therefore more morally alert
this sentiment is better than the other times it has been expressed
because in the past it was expressed more forcefully and now it can relax
even thinking that Salinger meant David Copperfield the 1980s magician
who made real cars and buildings disappear
is better than knowing he meant Dickens
but only because others have thought this before you
and written about their mistake with winning modesty
or honesty or both
a cat hunting a bird is better now
because of cartoons
just as the cat that lives next door
is a better cat because it is not your cat anymore
a rhyme is better the more times it has been used
cliché is better than truth
truth is just something that hasn't become a cliché yet
but inevitably will
(then you can put it in your pocket
and no one can put the truth in their pocket)
and any king or queen or president or prime minister
is better than all previous kings or queens or presidents or prime ministers
any poem is better than all the poems that precede it
that say essentially the same thing
which means new is better than old
but only if it looks or sounds or otherwise seems somehow old
being in a simulation is better than being in reality
watching the simulated stars set to ambient music created by a gifted recording artist
is better than watching real stars set to dismal sounds from real life
derivative beauty is better than any other kind
(here we are surrounded by all this derivative beauty – imagine!)
however the audience will still say "nah"
however many times you say
the cover version is better than the original
but the cover version is always better than the original
and the reason I know the cover version is always better than the original
is that I've never heard the original
– Sam Riviere (2019)