Venetian Renaissance

Tintoretto

The later generation of Venetian Renaissance painters was led by a student of Titian's known as Tintoretto, the "little tinter." Tintoretto was greatly inspired not only by his teacher's use of color but also by Michelangelo's use of line and his rendering of figures. His unique style is characterized by powerfully dramatic compositions of deep spirituality and mysticism.

Venus of Urbino

Titian's most famous and beloved painting is the "Venus of Urbino" done in 1538 for the wealthy Duke of Urbino

Isabella d'Este

Titian's portrait of Isabella d'Este painted between 1534 and 1536 provides us with another example from this enduring genre.

San Zaccaria Altarpiece

"San Zaccaria Altarpiece" painted in 1505 by Giovanni Bellini. Zaccaria Altarpiece of 1505 is an early example of the Venetian Renaissance style and shares many similarities with those works produced around this time in Rome and Florence.

Giorgione

Known as not only a talented artist, but a pastoral poet who loved to sing and play the lute, Giorgione was a student of Giovanni Bellini who had a great understanding of light and color. His use of sfumato and mysterious landscapes in his work, point to the influence of Leonardo da Vinci.

Bellini

Bellini is credited with creating the "Venetian style." Trained by his father in the early Renaissance International Style, Bellini was also influenced by the intense color and light of 15th-century Flemish oil paintings. Bellini's lines are neither hazy nor sharp.Unlike the High Renaissance masters, what concerns Bellini and other Venetian painters in fact is not line disegno, but color, a method referred to as colorito.

The Tempest

The Tempest has done shortly before his death from the plague.

Tintoretto "Last Supper"

Tintoretto's "Last Supper" painted in 1594 is a good example of his individual style, which became more intense and spiritually focused toward the end of his life.

Titian

Titian the most prolific and prodigious of the Venetian painters. After Bellini's death in 1516, Titian replaced him as the official painter to the Republic of Venice.

Triumph of Venice

Veronese's "Triumph of Venice" painted in 1585 is a huge illusionist ceiling painting commissioned for the grand council hall of Doge's Palace in Venice.

Feast of the Gods

the "Feast of the Gods" painted in 1529