And just as Matisse's paeans to the tension between the three-dimensional world and the flatcanvas have been dismissed as "decorative" because of their glorious color and patterning, Veronese's lush figure groups have been similarly labeled, for similar reasons.
The structural members of the building, cool and subdued against the warm pinks and dull gold of the walls, form a warped grid that at once suggests space and reasserts the flat expanse of the canvas.
He then painted a second version of the same image on an identically sized canvas, this time using flat color to produce a drastically different effect.
In Jacob van Ruisdael's captivating "View of Haarlem" (c. 1670-75), a totally flat, almost totally dark landscape lies under a canvas that is two-thirds billowing, sky-broken clouds.
The Vuitton family has quite a history: Company founder Louis was the first modern trunk-maker to make trunks flat on top (the better for stacking) and lighter (thanks to canvas sides) than the traditional stagecoach trunk.