The History of Art And The Curious Lives of Famous Painters

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	Giovanni Bellini 1430-1516  Venetian Renaissance Painter Stylistically influenced by the following painters and art styles: Paduan School, Carlo Crivelli,  Bartolomeo Vivarini, and Mantegna Education: he apprenticed to  his father Jacopo Bellini Cause of Death -  Old Age Mediums - oil and sometimes tempura on oak panel   Mary Magdalene, Detail fr... Buy From Art.com   The Annunciation Buy From Art.com   St. George and the Dragon... Buy From Art.com Biography At Venice Giovanni Bellini conducted art from the Byzantinism of Crivelli and the Paduan rigidity of Bartolomeo Vivarini  into the paths of Botticelli and Perugino. At first he had no individual style, but being of a pliant nature he began following his brother-in-law Mantegna in painting pictures like the Pieta of the Brea, which in its harsh pathos and hard drawing might have been the work of a Padua. After Antonello de messina had come to Venice, Giovanni was the first, under the influence of this Sicilian Netherlander, to adopt the technique of oil painting. Not until he had absorbed these different elements did he become Bellini. Bellini's Madonnas give the impression of entering into a wide and lofty cathedral. All is quiet about, and the sublime figures of his paintings live their serous and lonely existence in solemn grandeur. This solemn ecclesiastical effect is not only produced by placing the thrown of Mary in the mighty apse of the church; but the figures themselves exhale a sort of magic breath of the divine, and appear themselves  to possess the sentiment which comes over one when, with bared head, one passes from noise and daylight into consecrated dimness and deep silence of the house of God.  -Richard Muther, The History of  Painting, Henry and Co., London, 1896 The church and wealthy patrons prized Sodoma's paintings for their feverish zealotry and spiritual exuberance. Some years after Bellini's death, in the year of 1577,  his greatest works were destroyed in a suspicious church fire. His subjects, like his predecessors, are all religious – the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, the Life of Christ, the Apostles, Angeles and the Life of Saint George and the Dragon. Key Descriptive Words  and Phrases associated with the Renaissance Movement -  rebirth, rediscovery of the classical world,  publication of Della Pittura, a book about the laws of mathematical perspective for artists,  sfumato, chiaroscuro, Savonarola, spiritually significant,  illuminated manuscript,  idealized biblical themes, scriptorium, illuminator,  Age of Discovery, axonometric drawing, curiosity about the natural world,  realistic use of colours and  light,  Bonfire of the Vanities, Old Testament stories, ethereal and foggy backgrounds, Gospel parables, The Blackdeath, romanticized landscapes,  Christian symbolism. Require more facts and information about the painter and the artists of the renaissance era? Poke around every nook and cranny of the known universe for information this subject. Search Here © HistoryofPainters.com If you like this page and wish to share it, you are welcome to link to it, with our thanks. If you feel you have worthwhile information you would like to contribute we would love to hear from you. We collect essential biographical information and artist quotes from folks all over the globe and appreciate your participation. When submitting please, if possible, site the source and provide English translation. Email to millardmulch@gmail.com References:  Richard Muther, The History of  Painting, Henry and Co., London, 1896 Giorgio Vasari, The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,  published in 1550 Wilbur Middleton, Art and Artists, Pilferton and Co., Australia, 1904