Transcript Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini
By: Sarah Rourke
1st Period
• Painter from Venice
during the
Renaissance
• Came from a family of
Venetian painters
• Learned art in his
father, Jacopo’s
workshop
Hieronymus- St. Jerome- in the
Desert, c. 1455; one of his
earliest paintings
Styles of Art
• Began using Quattrocento styles but
matured into the progressive postGiorgione Renaissance styles
• Worked with tempera in his early
paintings
• Painted colorful, atmospheric
landscapes
Transfiguration of Christ
c. 1487 oil on panel. One of 2 paintings of the transfiguration of
Christ he did, this one is less gothic in nature and has a loose, warm
feeling.
Major Achievements
• Most important contribution to art was his
experimentation with the use of color and
atmosphere in oil paintings
• His school greatly outshined those of his
rivals
• Had a major influence on his pupils, such as
Titian and Giorgione
• Is considered to have revolutionized Venetian
painting
The Feast Of The Gods
• Bellini’s last painting, c. 1514, Bellini died before it was
finished but completed by his pupil, Titian. It was one of
only a few of his paintings on canvas.
Other Famous Works
Madonna and Child, c.
1450, Bellini painted a
lot of art that closely
resembles this
Dead Christ Supported by Two
Angels (Pietà), c. 1460, As
Bellini ,matured his paintings
became more religious in nature