The Renaissance in Venice Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese

Renaissance in Venice Venice was a densely populated state in Italy which had a thriving trade in manufacture and in trade. Industry included textiles, glass, printing, mining and metal work. The Renaissance here developed differently due to Rivalry between different Italian States The influence of the Flemish painters and the Northern Renaissance Different interest in themes and materials

Florence & Rome Venice Subject matter was concerned with heroic endeavors. They glorified classical structures and classical ideals. Concerned with exploring people's relationship with nature and the celebration of youth and beauty. They were intrigued by the idea of 'Arcadia", a mythical paradise where animals and nature lived side by side in perfect harmony More concerned with masculine that feminine forms Celebrated the female form. Large scale female nudes often the focus of Venetian paintings Focused on line and drawing and composition Venetians often made their first mark by applying paint. Masters of atmosphere and light Architecture, Sculpture and painting  Mostly concerned with painting Fresco painting Development in oil painting on canvas (influence of the northern painters) Fresco painting was limited in achieving clarity and depth of colour Oil paint allowed for a strong focus on colour and ability to capture delicate glowing light in painting

Son of Jacopo Bellini who was his teacher. Giovanni Bellini 1430-1516 Son of Jacopo Bellini who was his teacher.  He went on become the painter for the state of Venice. He made huge advances in oil painting.  He was an established religious painter but also a painter of portraits, mythological narratives and a historical painter.  His work in portraiture was influenced by the Northern painters. 

St. Francis in the Desert. 1480

Giorgione 1477-1510​ ​Trained under Bellini.​ Paintings are Lyrical and Poetic Atmospheric with diffused lighting- aerial perspective Deep warm colours  Colour and tone together to suggest form.  Careful attention to textures Developed the use of oil paint ​Employed fine chiaroscuro technique known as sfumato The idea of ARCADIA appears in his paintings

The Tempest 1508  Giorgione had a a huge influence on Venetian painters, including Titian,as well as on his former teacher, Giovanni Bellini. Giorgione improved on his master's style by giving it greater monumentality, seriousness and lyricism. He used colour as the basis of pictorial representation, building up his canvases with layer upon layer of complementary colours, drawn from a relatively narrow palette, creating a sort of haze which envelopes his forms.  Giorgione pioneered a new range of subjects beyond the usual religious paintings including landscape painting, portraits and even an early type of genre-painting. Most unusually, he painted pictures that told no apparent story, but instead conveyed a mood of lyrical or romantic feeling. His "mood-landscapes", for instance, were particularly inventive. In addition, he was the first Renaissance artist to create that warmth and luminosity of colour which later became the hallmark of the Venetian School of oil painting.

Sleeping Venus  1510     - Figure as landscape, Aerial Perspective, fine chiaroscuro technique known as sfumato

Trained under Bellini and Giorgione Titian 1490-1576 Trained under Bellini and Giorgione He became  the master of Venetian painting His subject matter included, religious depiction, portraits, mythological narratives, nudes and landscapes His career can be divided into three stylistic phases Early- Vivid contrasting colour           Close attention to detail           Use of Tone to create atmospheric effect          Strong, dramatic compositions Middle- Carefully modelled forms                 Colour harmony                 Calmer compositions Late- Emotional expression            Freer brushstrokes            Darker tones            Less detailed/ unfinished work

Assumption of the Virgin 1516 Titan- 1488-1576 One of the 'greats ' of Renaissance painting, he revolutionised the technique of oil painting by freeing up brushstrokes and using colour more expressively. This inspired other great artists like Tintoretto (1518-94) - Titian's younger contemporary, and rival, in Venice - as well as El Greco (who was apprenticed to Titian in his later years), Rubens, and the Impressionists. Assumption of the Virgin 1516

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Venus of Urbino 1538  Painted for the Duke of Camerino  who later became the Duke of Urbino, possibly to celebrate his 1534 marriage to Giuliana Varano.

ECCE HOMO, (Behold the Man) 1566