Incoronazione giovanni bellini biography

Surname of a father and his two sons, painters who worked principally in Venice. Their works exemplify the main currents of north Italian painting in the 15th century.

Jacopo; b.

Venice, early 15th century; d. there, or He was probably trained in Florence by Gentile da Fabriano and his few autograph Madonnas (Venice, Accademia; Florence, Uffizi) show the influence of the international style in their soft modeling and delicate colors.

The quiet poses, impassive faces, and bulky forms give them monumental dignity.

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Interesting aspects of Jacopo's work are revealed in two large volumes of his drawings (London, British Museum; Paris, Louvre). These contain studies of animals and costumes, compositional sketches, copies of antique monuments and inscriptions, and highly finished narrative compositions set in elaborate architectural perspectives.

The books combine humanist preoccupations with the medieval tradition of model books.

Gentile; b. Venice, ; d. there, His early works