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GIOVANNI BELLINI

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RlRofpainur

Jacopo B,l/ini

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J«opo" amrtll1llT

iIIa""gTlll mam"

!b,jr firm-and

INc"",,, /afting

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In P",l1", ,;:irb

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of lim tkr IIrydm

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t;:bm ilImi""

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paiming,,, J~Jlj"

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f,m J ...... ,j""

paiming ",,,,,,.d

in oil gl"""

Painu panrailJ

and alk§'ri"ar

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rubj«rr

Giorgi"" and

TiN'an am'"'g hi,

pt<pih

Viriud by Viirrr

j)j" in J'ro;"

Doge Leon.:..rtlo Lored:.n (c. IW /)

TIN ruJ.,. ofl Mi" ""an gold d","a,} nbs. "" imp",,<d

fabric tbat rignifi,d lb. proJp<riry <f J mie. ara ",,",",,,jill

"", .... B,Oini n!pruduaJ tb.1frcr by painting til< nuf"u

roughly in onl" li' alttb ,b, ligbl

G

im,anni Ikllini i. re'I><Jnsiblc for

.... ising the ,t3ndanJ of the \'cntti.n

s<·hool of I",inting to thc I><,;nt wherc

the city ri,'alled Floren,,, as • Centre of

RCn:l issanet: excellcn,". Ilis fAther, brother .nd

brothc:r·in_J.w W,TC .ni,,, tm, but it is the

latter, Andrc:l M~ntcgn:.o, who initi.lly Si>UIT"J

Ikllini On to p.inting J.nd=p'" and defining

the """"J of a picrurc.

Likc.1I his hali.n "mtL'''I_''''''es, Ikllini

was accustom"J to wor king in w .. te,_bas"J

"."1"1'=, eithc:r on w'><Hlen p.nck or pl,,-,,cr

walls. Ilow",'er, Onet: he had ""en the won: of

Rogier , ·.n dcr WC)..Jc n, he was .... ger to trphc

Flmli,h oil glaring tcchniq"" brought to \'eniet:

byAntondJ.,h,\lcssin. in 14i5.

Ikl~ni was always cxperimenting. No,,", with

thc rich tr1nsluet:nce of oil gJ.u:s at his

fingcnips _ r""c:lling nCw ,lepths n, lill"ilia,

colou rs .nd dL,nanding • diffLTCnt typc of

brushwo,k _ he un""'ercd • wc:llth of

possibiliti",. \ Vhcn Hellini learned how to

tnn'J.", the \ 'cneti.n pl.}' of light betwC,,, sky

and w.tCr, he h.d the key to all thc subde

hall"oni", .nd I.illi.nt ",lours that would

"'me to signifythc <ct.",1 "fVcniet: f,. the nCxt

",,' <"<-"Ilturi",.

Ikllini inn""n"",J the cou,,", uf Eur",can

p.inting through the l',ung p.interS

apl"""iet:d to his "".k.<I"". T"", "f the mo"

fAmous w,TC Giorgionc. nd Tit",n, wt.,"" later

""al,y he "",k in his ""de. On a ,'isit to \ 'eniet:

in 1505 , Diirt .. "1" " ""1. 'he is n:ry ,~d and "ill

he iSthe be" p.in,er of them all".