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Bartolomeo Vivarini was born in 1432 in Venice and was an avid painter for nearly 50 years. One of his most prominent paintings, Madonna and Child, is shown here. It was apart of our virtual tour of the Correr Museum. This painting represents the…

Giovanni Bellini was an Italian Renaissance painter who had a big impact on Venetian painting by adding a more sensuous and coloristic style. Using effects of light with different color hues, Bellini was able to draw attention towards and away from…

This work was originally created by Giovanni Bellini, but had later additions by Titian, and the Duke of Ferrara's artist Dosso Dossi [1]. Bellini was one of the great painters of the 15th century, and this was his last large painting.  This…

Dream of St. Ursula is the fifth painting of the series in the nine large paintings collection “Stories from the Life of St. Ursula” created by Vittore Carpaccio. Carpaccio has been praised for grasping each detail while still preserving the unity of…

     Depicted here is the story of Apollo and Daphne. In the foreground is Apollo, half-naked and only covered by a shimmering green fabric--a feature Dossi incorporated from Titian’s work at the Ferrara court.¹ Following Apollo’s muscular body, the…

This church was constructed between 1638 and 1641 in Rome, Italy. The architect, Francesco Borromini, is known as the Father of Baroque architecture, with the San Carlo being his first solo work. The site on which the church is built on was cramped…

Gentile Bellini painted the famous painting, Procession in Piazza San Marco. Gentile was born in a well-known family for art in Venice. His father was a painter, both he and his bother was inspired and took lesson under his father, Jacopo Bellini.…

This tempera painting was created as one of Gentile Bellini’s many portraits throughout his lifetime. Bellini, a reputable artist even in his early career, became known for his portraiture skills, and this painting can be considered a masterful…

This portrait was a later work of Gentile Bellini that showcases his flat patterned style that has been used to identify other works of his. The painting takes on a side-portrait view of the doge depicting him in a very stately and pious manner. He…

Upon the death of Gentile Bellini in 1507, it was prescribed in his will that his younger brother, Giovanni Bellini, would complete the work St. Mark Preaching in Alexandria commissioned by the Scuola Grande di San Marco [1]. Giovanni’s continuation…