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In this piece, we see a woman gently holding her child; the two characters can specifically be identified as the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus. The woman’s hair is covered with a dark cloth and she wears a red dress as she holds the child on a…

The Feast of the Gods was created by Giovanni Bellini in 1514 and then later done by Titian in 1529. This painting has a mythological subject matter. This painting is very different from what Bellini mainly produces because it was the end of the…

     In this oil painting, we immediately see a contrast in color and shading between the foreground, which contains Greco-Roman mythological figures, and the background, with the jagged and rough landscape. Immediately, the viewer notices the bright…

When the audience first looks at Bellini's work their eyes are drawn towards the group of mythological figures in the center of the painting.  On the right hand side, we are first greeted by a nymph clothed in glistening white clothes that flows with…

Compared to Giorgione’s Judith, Cariani’s Judith is dark and sensual, beautiful but clearly dangerous. Centrally positioned, Judith emerges from an ominous background filled with storm clouds, her left breast exposed and framed by dark green drapery…

This painting was painted by Jacopo Bassano, a young man who trained at the cosmopolitan workshop of Bonifacio de’Pitati, circa 1580. This particular painting is apart of the collection of the Sala del Anticollegio in the Palazzo Ducale. Seen in the…

Jacopo de’ Barbari was a Venetian painter, famous for having his own unique style. De’Barbari was a printmaker and even engraved wood to portray some of his pieces, which have been known to be highly influential [1]. He is probably most remembered…

A visual representation of summer as a woman is seen here laying in the grass surrounded by images that makes one think of summer. The woman is thought to be the Roman goddess Ceres, who presided over agriculture and grains. Behind the goddess, there…

Unlike the supposed portrait of fellow poet-courtesan Tullia d’Aragona, Franco’s eyes are averted from the viewer, so she poses no direct challenge to her audience. Her face recedes into shadow, partially hidden from the viewer, leaving her…

Painted by Jacopo Tintoretto for Doge Priuli, "Minerva Sending Away Mars from Peace and Prosperity" was created in 1576 and is located in the Room dell'Anticollegio. This painting is part of four paintings in a series by Tintoretto that additionally…