Giovanni Bellini: Crossing Influences.
Jacquemart-André Museum/Culturespaces/Mercator Fund| N° d'inventaire | 26312 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 184 p., illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9789462303454 |
In spring 2023, the Jacquemart-André Museum will showcase the work of the great master painter Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516), the father of the Venetian school to which his students Giorgione and Titian belonged. Bellini pioneered an art of color and tone that would become the hallmark of 16th-century Venice.
Through some fifty works from European public and private collections, this exhibition retraces Giovanni Bellini's career and shows how his artistic language was constantly renewed throughout his career, while retaining an undeniable element of originality. Arranged in a thematic and chronological order, the master's works will form the central theme of the exhibition, alongside the "models" that inspired them.
Born into a family of artists, Giovanni Bellini and his brother Gentile attended the studio of their father, Jacopo Bellini, a painter trained in Gothic art who soon became familiar with the Renaissance innovations coming from Florence. The young artist was immersed in the art of both his father and brother, as well as that of his brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna, whom his sister Nicolosia had just married. Mantegna's classicism, sculptural forms, and mastery of perspective had a profound influence on the artist. His painting became more monumental, particularly through the study of Donatello's works, which were on display in Padua.
Bellini's style changed direction with the arrival in Venice of Antonello da Messina, who introduced the Flemish taste for detail and the spatial constructions of central Italian artists. Giovanni found a new dramatic intensity by perfecting the technique of oil painting. He drew elements from Byzantine and northern European art that would mark his style. In his search for renewal, he developed themes represented by younger painters, such as topographical landscapes inspired by Cima da Conegliano. Finally, Bellini's final period is marked by a more vibrant yet highly modern touch. Interestingly, it was the innovations of his best students—particularly Giorgione and Titian—that pushed the older Bellini to reinvent his style.
This exhibition, by presenting Bellini and his artistic context, will allow us to understand how his pictorial language is made up of correspondences and interplays of influences, which he masterfully synthesizes. The exhibition will benefit from important loans, notably from the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Petit Palais in Paris, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the Museo Correr, the Gallerie dell'Accademia and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan, among others, as well as numerous loans from private collections.
In spring 2023, the Jacquemart-André Museum will showcase the work of the great master painter Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516), the father of the Venetian school to which his students Giorgione and Titian belonged. Bellini pioneered an art of color and tone that would become the hallmark of 16th-century Venice.
Through some fifty works from European public and private collections, this exhibition retraces Giovanni Bellini's career and shows how his artistic language was constantly renewed throughout his career, while retaining an undeniable element of originality. Arranged in a thematic and chronological order, the master's works will form the central theme of the exhibition, alongside the "models" that inspired them.
Born into a family of artists, Giovanni Bellini and his brother Gentile attended the studio of their father, Jacopo Bellini, a painter trained in Gothic art who soon became familiar with the Renaissance innovations coming from Florence. The young artist was immersed in the art of both his father and brother, as well as that of his brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna, whom his sister Nicolosia had just married. Mantegna's classicism, sculptural forms, and mastery of perspective had a profound influence on the artist. His painting became more monumental, particularly through the study of Donatello's works, which were on display in Padua.
Bellini's style changed direction with the arrival in Venice of Antonello da Messina, who introduced the Flemish taste for detail and the spatial constructions of central Italian artists. Giovanni found a new dramatic intensity by perfecting the technique of oil painting. He drew elements from Byzantine and northern European art that would mark his style. In his search for renewal, he developed themes represented by younger painters, such as topographical landscapes inspired by Cima da Conegliano. Finally, Bellini's final period is marked by a more vibrant yet highly modern touch. Interestingly, it was the innovations of his best students—particularly Giorgione and Titian—that pushed the older Bellini to reinvent his style.
This exhibition, by presenting Bellini and his artistic context, will allow us to understand how his pictorial language is made up of correspondences and interplays of influences, which he masterfully synthesizes. The exhibition will benefit from important loans, notably from the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Petit Palais in Paris, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the Museo Correr, the Gallerie dell'Accademia and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan, among others, as well as numerous loans from private collections.