GIOVANNI BELLINI 1430-1516

BRIEFING

Venice Italian

Renaissance painter

Father: Jacopo Bellini

Revolutionized Venice painting

Oil and tempera

Figures and landscapes

EARLY YEARS

Nicosia married to Mantegna

Close contact with Mantegna

Influence Bellini's

style

EARLY YEARS' WORKSDead Christ supported by two angels

Feautures

Date: 14602nd names:

Pietà74 x 50 cm

Tempera

MantagensqueVenice

Dead Christ supported by Maria and Sant John EvangelistaEARLY YEARS' WORKS

Feautures

Date: 1460

88 x 107 cm

Milan: Pinacoteca di Brera

Tempera

Tender emotion

CrucifixionEARLY YEARS' WORKS

Feautures

Date: 1455

55 x 30 cm

Museo Correr -VeniceTempera

MIDDLE YEARSShift in painting

medium and subjects

Oil painting style

Palaces and cathedrals

When Sicilian painter Antonello da Messina, came to see his work in 1474.

Doge's Palace

Repair painting

Works destroyed fire 1577

MIDDLE YEARS' WORKSAgony in the garden

Feautures

ForshorteningTempera

81.30 x 127 cm Date: 1465

National Gallery London

MIDDLE YEARS' WORKSAgony in the garden

MIDDLE YEARSBarbagio Altarpiece

Feautures

San Pietro Martire - Murano

Oil200 x 320 cm

Date: 1488

MIDDLE YEARSPietà Martinengo

Feautures

Galleria dell'Accademia -

Venice

Oil65 x 87 cmDate: 1505

MIDDLE YEARSMadonna of the Meadow

Feautures

National Gallery - London

Oil67 x 86 cmDate: 1505