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The Venetian Renaissance, spanning from 1440 to 1600, was significantly shaped by Giovanni Bellini, who transformed Venice into a major art center. His portrait of Doge Loredan exemplifies the unique style of Venetian painting, characterized by vibrant color and light, contrasting with the more intellectual art of Florence. This style was further developed by artists like Giorgione and Titian, with Titian ultimately achieving great international acclaim and influence on Western art.

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The Venetian Renaissance, spanning from 1440 to 1600, was significantly shaped by Giovanni Bellini, who transformed Venice into a major art center. His portrait of Doge Loredan exemplifies the unique style of Venetian painting, characterized by vibrant color and light, contrasting with the more intellectual art of Florence. This style was further developed by artists like Giorgione and Titian, with Titian ultimately achieving great international acclaim and influence on Western art.

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VENETIAN

RENAISSANCE
C.1440 –1600 COLOUR AND LIGHT

The Doge Venetian Renaissance painting emerged


Leonardo Loredan
Giovanni Bellini c.1501
National Gallery, London, UK mainly through the art of Giovanni Bellini. In the
Bellini’s dazzling portrait of Doge
Loredan, elected leader and course of his long career, Bellini was almost
figurehead of the Venetian Republic,
distils the character and context of
Venetian Renaissance painting. In single-handedly responsible for transforming
a virtuoso display of oil painting,
Bellini uses a field of plain blue Venice from an artistically provincial city into a
to set off the pearly sheen of the
Doge’s ceremonial silk robes and
cap, which shimmer with threads
major art centre that rivalled the greatness of
of embroidered gold.
Florence and Rome. Venetian Renaissance
painting had a different character from that
created by contemporary artists from central
Italy. While the more intellectual art of Florence
depended on line, Bellini and his followers
developed a distinctive style of painting that was characterized by the
sensuous beauty of colour, and the evocation of light and atmosphere.
Bellini’s painterly use of colour and poetic approach to landscape was
developed further in the art of Giorgione and Titian. After Giorgione’s early
death, the great master Titian dominated Venetian art. He achieved unparalleled
international status, and had an enduring influence on Western art.

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