Gallery 2 - Veronese

Allegory of Virtue and Vice or The Choice of Hercules is a painting by Paolo Veronese done in 1565 and is now located in the Frick Collection in New York City.

The Feast in the House of Levi was done in 1573 by Paolo Veronese  It is now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. Veronese also changed the name of this painting after a discrepensy with the Church.

Created by Paolo Veronese c. 1573, The Adoration of the Kings is an oil on canvas painting currently located in the National Gallery in London. 

Completed by Veronese from 1575-78, this oil on canvas painting measures 250cm x 180 cm. It is currently located in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice.

Paolo Caliari, nicknamed Veronese after his birthplace, was born in 1528 in the Italian city of Verona. While working with his father at age 14, Veronese's unreal talent for drawing and was soon noticed. He quickly became the apprentice of a local master named Antonio Bandile. 

Early in his career Veronese began to display mastery of colorito. He shifted away from the naturalistic tones of other contemporary artists and started to craft his own preference for a more colorful and expressive palette.

Veronese's became known for his innovative methods of mixing and combining hues. These tactics proved his distinct sophisication as an artist and helped him reach a new level of decoration in his work. A truly astounding component of his work was the way in which in his late art he re-integrated this system of color with a new understanding of chiaroscuro and related it more directly to visual experience. Chiaroscuro, in art, is defined as the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts which affect a whole composition. This, in conjuction with colorito, led to Veronese creating some of the most awe-inspring works of the Venetian Renaissance periods.

Many of his most well known works are displayed here.