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Title A name given to the resource St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria Description An account of the resource This huge painting was commissioned from Gentile Bellini in 1504 as a decoration for the Scuola Grande di San Marco's reception room, one of the city’s most prestigious and powerful confraternities [1]. However, this painting was left incomplete upon Gentile Bellini’s death in 1507 [2]. Later on, his brother Giovanni Bellini was requested to finish this painting [2]. Although this painting's setting is in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, Gentile Bellini painted this city out of his imagination and his version of the celebrated Egyptian city[2]. Gentile Bellini even incorporated an image of the Basilica of San Marco in the background as the viewer can see. This painting's purpose was to capture a moment in time of St. Mark’s preaching and trying to convert the pagans from their ancient religion [1]. When Gentile Bellini tries to resemble the city of Alexandria out of his imagination, it is apparent that he combined factors from Venice and Egypt to achieve this goal. The red tiles on the ground and the arrangements of the buildings are very similar to the painting of Procession in St. Mark’s square, which is another painting in the same cycle. On the other hand, Gentile Bellini also added factors such as the palm tree in the background, exotic animals like giraffes and camels to convey the message to the viewers that this is in Egypt. Usually, in Bellini's brother’s painting, light is an essential factor to draw the viewer’s attention to a certain area. On the contrary, in this particular painting, the holy light did not reflect a certain person or area. It could be that the Bellini brother painted in this way on purpose so the painting can be viewed as a whole and let the viewer take in every detail. [1] “St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria - Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini,” Pinacoteca di Brera, accessed November 19, 2020, https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/saint-mark-preaching-in-a-square-of-alexandria-in-egypt/. [2] “St Mark Preaching in Alexandria,” St Mark Preaching in Alexandria by Giovanni Bellini, accessed November 19, 2020, http://www.giovannibellini.org/st-mark-preaching-in-alexandria/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria - Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini.” Pinacoteca di Brera. Accessed November 19, 2020. <a href="https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/saint-mark-preaching-in-a-square-of-alexandria-in-egypt/">https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/saint-mark-preaching-in-a-square-of-alexandria-in-egypt/</a>. “St Mark Preaching in Alexandria.” St Mark Preaching in Alexandria by Giovanni Bellini. Accessed November 19, 2020. <a href="http://www.giovannibellini.org/st-mark-preaching-in-alexandria/">http://www.giovannibellini.org/st-mark-preaching-in-alexandria/</a>. Kren, Emil. “Mark Preaching in Alexandria.” Sermon of St Mark in Alexandria by BELLINI, Giovanni. Accessed November 19, 2020. <a href="https://www.wga.hu/html_m/b/bellini/giovanni/1500-09/185serm.html">https://www.wga.hu/html_m/b/bellini/giovanni/1500-09/185serm.html</a>. “Gentile Bellini.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., February 4, 2019. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gentile-Bellini. Carrier, David. "A Renaissance Fantasy of the Egyptian Wrold"." Source: Notes in the History of Art 28, no. 1 (2008): 16-19. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/23207968">http://www.jstor.org/stable/23207968</a>. Morse, Margaret A. "Domestic Portraiture in Early Modern Venice: Devotion to Family and Faith." In Domestic Devotions in Early Modern Italy, edited by Corry Maya, Faini Marco, and Meneghin Alessia, 117-38. LEIDEN; BOSTON: Brill, 2019. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctvbqs499.12. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St Mark Preaching in Alexandria by Giovanni Bellini. Accessed November 19, 2020. http://www.giovannibellini.org/st-mark-preaching-in-alexandria/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1504-1507 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Emily Song Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For academic and non-profit use only Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil on canvas, 347cm × 770cm Type The nature or genre of the resource painting Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano, Italy