Synopses & Reviews
Review
"...highly recommended..." Times Literary Supplement"The scholarly approaches range from broad social history to detailed investigations of technique; it is impossible to treat them all in detail here, but they are of exceptional quality and interest...the book is also useful for its treatment of the historiography of the artist by tracing key issues in Bellini scholarship and his shifting critical fortunes. All the authors are sensitive to the book's dual audience of specialists and students." CAA Reviews, Maria Ruvoldt
Synopsis
Giovanni Bellini was the dominate painter of Early Renaissance Venice. This volume brings together commissioned essays that focus on important topics and themes in Bellini's career. They include a consideration of Bellini's position in the social and professional life of early modern Venice; reassessments of his artistic relationships with his brother-in-law Mantegna, with Flemish painting, and with the 'modern style' that emerged in Italy around 1500; explorations of Bellini's approaches to sculpture and architecture, and to landscape and color, elements that have always been recognized as central to his pictorial genius.
Synopsis
This Companion brings together commissioned essays focusing on important topics and themes of the career of Giovanni Bellini, the dominant painter of Early Renaissance Venice. The contributions consider Bellini's position in the social and professional life of early modern Venice, and reassess his artistic relationships with his brother-in-law Mantegna, Flemish painting, and the modern style that emerged in Italy around 1500. They also explore his original approaches to sculpture and architecture, and landscape and color.
Synopsis
This volume brings together commissioned essays that focus on important topics and themes in Bellini's career. These include reassessments of his artistic relationships with his brother-in-law Mantegna, with Flemish painting, and with the 'modern style' that emerged in Italy around 1500. They also explore Bellini's approaches to sculpture and architecture, and to landscape and color.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Peter Humfrey; 2. Bellini's social world J. M. Fletcher; 3. Bellini and Mantegna Keith Christiansen; 4. Bellini and Flemish painting Mauro Lucco; 5. Bellini and the 'modern manner' Carolyn C. Wilson; 6. Bellini and sculpture Debra Pincus; 7. Bellini and architecture Deborah Howard; 8. Bellini and landscape Augusto Gentili; 9. Bellini's colour; 10. Bellini's technique Jill Dunkerton; 11. Bellini's drawings George Goldner; 12. Bellini and his collaborators Anchise Tempestini.