Venetian Renaissance: 15th & 16th Century Art in Venice

Titian

"Pesaro Madonna" oil on canvas, side-aisle altarpiece members of the Pesaro family (jacopo= commander of papal fleet) saints: maurice, peter, francis, etc. zig-zag movement to attract attention

Gentile Bellini

"Procession of the Relic of the true cross before the church of st. mark" (1496) Oil on canvas Every April 26th Shows key landmarks of Venice People of Venice present: confraternities, guilds,

Giovanni Bellini

"Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints" oil on wood panel in a chapel: barrel vaults and coffers "sacra conversazione" : holy conversation symmetrical saints look natural, virgin & baby "frozen": done to create distance b/w them and show hierarchy in divinity

Villa Rotonda

Andrea Palladio Almerico and Capra families Venice's focus on agriculture/countryside classical architecture- columns, pediments dome in the middle - not common in homes

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)

Changed landscape of Venice clarity, harmony, symmetry, austere ornamentation 4 books of architecture: original designs & copies of buildings from antiquity

Reliquary

For relics

The Bellini Family

Jacopo, Gentile, Giovanni (and Mantegna) deep colors and attention to patterns/clothes figures are wearing light & changing reflections in the water oil painting technique ; many layers of thin glazes to create "glowing surface" attention to landscapes pastoral scene painting; women naked in rustic landscape/countryside "painting poems"

Poesie

Painted Poems

Giorgione

Pastoral theme of poesy Oil on canvas "The Tempest" & "The Pastoral Concert" mysterious and enigmatic figures roman ruins & city view stormy & dark sky

Contarini Palace (1421-1437)

Pointed arches, gothic architecture, gilded detailing organized into floors with each floor for a purpose 1st floor: store goods 2nd & 3rd floors: reception hall, private rooms

Main architectural points

Square of San Marco w/ Cathedral, Ducal Palace & Bell Tower

"Venus" of Urbino

Titian oil on canvas reclining naked women as "mythological" Venus patron: Duke of Urbino "cassoni" or chest symbols of marriage (casino, roses) located in 16th century Venice palace *pastoral theme, attention to landscape*