Renaissance

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 14^th and 17^th 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.