Giovanni Bellini was born
in Venice in 1430, and passed away in 1516 when he was 86 years old. He was the
best known of the Bellini family painter, including his brother, Gentile
Bellini, and his brother in law, Andrea Montegna. For his first thirty years he
worked closely with his brother, Gentile Bellini. He has over 70 works of art
all over the word. The painting above was his first female nude painting, it
was painted in 1515, and is named Naked Young Woman in Front of the
Mirror. In the early years of his painting career he was considered to
have changed the Venetian painting, moving it towards a more sensuous and
coloristic style. He created deep, rich tints, and detailed shadings by using
slow-drying oil paints. Most of his public work
in the decade after 1470 are now lost. His most famous paintings are religious
works for example Transfiguration
of Christ. Most of his work was very
religious based, using symbolism in trees or rocks. Bellini. From 1479- 1490
much of his time was taken up by his duties at great hall of the Doge’s
Palace as conservator of paintings. In the early 1500 his brother died, and he
became sole master in charge of the paintings in the Hall of the Great Council,
but in 1513 his position was threatened by a former student, Young Titian.
Bellini in 1514 took on painting The Feast of the Gods for the
duke Alfonso I of Ferrara but died in 1516 without completing it. Though his
career started with a Quattrocento style he developed a progressive
post-Giorgione Renaissance style. Bellini was an essential to the development
of the Italian Renaissance because of aesthetics from northern Europe, his use
of oil paintings, and disguised symbolism.
The
renaissance occurred between the 14th and 17th centuries,
it began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe. It marks a time of a
cultural rebirth and In-lighting. During this time art flourished especially
in Florence; masters were paid to have appetences. Light, color and space was
incorporated into the painting in the era of the renaissance. Artist got a new
place in society; art was becoming more than just a craft. In this era, the
formalization of autistic’s technics such as realism, or highly realistic
linear perspective was developed. Renaissance art was different form the art in
the Middle Ages because it focused more attention on the human body and had a
very religious base. Also up until the renaissance paintings were 2D but during
the renaissance paintings became 3D. Intruding horizon lines, vanishing points,
and other techniques that formed depth and perspective to add realism to the
paintings creating 3D painting. Christianity was a huge theme in the artwork
during this time.
