Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting

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Arts

Institution Name:

National Gallery of Art

Collection:

National Gallery of Art

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

The word "Renaissance" in the exhibition title refers, in the traditional sense, to the rebirth of antiquity—the revival of interest in classical art, literature, and philosophy. But here it also signifies that Venetian painting was transformed—reborn—in the opening decades of the sixteenth century. The exhibition focuses on the period from 1500 to 1530, which represents, visually and intellectually, the most exciting phase of the Renaissance in Venice, when three great masters, the old Bellini, Giorgione, and the young Titian, were all working side by side. Their innovations and those of gifted contemporaries, such as Sebastiano del Piombo, Palma Vecchio, and Lorenzo Lotto, would influence European art for centuries.

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Languages:

English

Material Type:

Readings

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Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML

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