Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated)
    Ebook469 pages1 hour

    Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated)

    By Peter Russell and Giovanni Bellini

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Giovanni Bellini revolutionised Venetian painting, developing a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through his use of clear, slow-drying oil paints, Bellini created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings, producing sumptuous artworks that were significant to the Italian Renaissance, especially for his pupils Giorgione and Titian. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Bellini’s complete works in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)


    * The complete paintings of Giovanni Bellini — over 170 images, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
    * Includes reproductions of rare works
    * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
    * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Bellini’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
    * Hundreds of images in colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
    * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the paintings
    * Easily locate the paintings you wish to view
    * Includes Bellini's drawings - explore the artist’s varied works
    * Features three bonus biographies - discover Bellini's intriguing life


    Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books


    CONTENTS:


    The Highlights
    CRUCIFIXION
    PIETÀ
    PRESENTATION AT THE TEMPLE
    AGONY IN THE GARDEN
    THE ECSTASY OF SAINT FRANCIS
    MADONNA WILLYS
    MADONNA OF THE SMALL TREES
    HOLY ALLEGORY
    PORTRAIT OF A CONDOTTIERO
    CHRIST BLESSING
    PORTRAIT OF DOGE LEONARDO LOREDAN
    SAINT JEROME READING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
    SAN ZACCARIA ALTARPIECE
    SAINT MARK PREACHING IN ALEXANDRIA
    SAINTS CHRISTOPHER, JEROME AND LOUIS OF TOULOUSE
    THE FEAST OF THE GODS
    NAKED YOUNG WOMAN IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR


    The Paintings
    THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
    ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS


    The Drawings
    LIST OF DRAWINGS


    The Biographies
    LIVES OF JACOPO, GIOVANNI, AND GENTILE BELLINI by Giorgio Vasari
    BELLINI by George Hay
    BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES: BELLINI by Sidney Colvin


    Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to buy the whole Art series as a Super Set


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateApr 19, 2017
    ISBN9781786565068
    Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated)

    Read more from Peter Russell

    Related to Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated)

    Titles in the series (52)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Art For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Interior VISIONS

      Mar 4, 2019

      Interior VISIONS
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Master Of Masters

      Mar 1, 2022

      The Master Of Masters
      6 min read

    • Article

      MASTERS At Work

      Dec 24, 2020

      MASTERS At Work
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Richness Of The Rococo

      Sep 27, 2018

      The Richness Of The Rococo
      4 min read

    • Article

      Muse

      Mar 1, 2020

      Muse
      1 min read

    • Article

      Patrons Of The Renaissance

      Apr 25, 2019

      A member of the Medici family, Pope Leo X was the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent and a noted patron of numerous scholars and poets, including the prominent author Baldassare Castiglione. He continued the various artistic efforts left unfinishe

      3 min read

    • Article

      What Great Paintings Say

      Nov 24, 2022

      What Great Paintings Say
      2 min read

    • Article

      Venetian Renaissance

      Feb 1, 2023

      Venetian Renaissance
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Sexton’s Tale

      Sep 3, 2020

      The Sexton’s Tale
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Passion And The Paintings

      Apr 5, 2023

      THROUGHOUT history, artists have found in the Easter story everything they might want. After all, it contains not only spirituality and, in the resurrection of Christ, the greatest of all miracles, but human emotion at its highest pitch and the body—

      6 min read

    • Article

      Mercy For The Moneylender

      Jan 7, 2021

      Mercy For The Moneylender
      3 min read

    • Article

      John McEwen Comments On Studies Of The Virgin And Child With The Infant Baptist

      Apr 7, 2021

      THE Italian Renaissance unfolded first in Florence (1400–90), then Rome (1490–1540) and finally Venice (1510–50). Supplementary centres of Renaissance art emerged from 1450 in provincial cities, such as those of the Emilia-Romagna region of north Ita

      1 min read

    • Article

      Heritage

      Jul 7, 2022

      Heritage
      1 min read

    • Article

      Heritage

      Jul 7, 2022

      Heritage
      1 min read

    • Article

      Vincenzo Bellini

      Oct 31, 2023

      Vincenzo Bellini
      7 min read

    • Article

      Ken unsworth

      Nov 7, 2018

      Ken unsworth
      6 min read

    • Article

      Cityscapes

      Mar 1, 2023

      Cityscapes
      2 min read

    • Article

      State Of The Art: Paul Cezanne

      Sep 20, 2022

      Why is Paul Cezanne considered an important artist? Born in Aix-en-Provence in 1839, Cezanne is one of the most highly regarded and enigmatic artists of the late 19th century. Famously referred to as the “greatest of us all” by Claude Monet, Cezanne

      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated)

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Delphi Complete Works of Giovanni Bellini (Illustrated) - Peter Russell

      Giovanni Bellini

      (c. 1430-1516)

      Contents

      The Highlights

      CRUCIFIXION

      PIETÀ

      PRESENTATION AT THE TEMPLE

      AGONY IN THE GARDEN

      THE ECSTASY OF SAINT FRANCIS

      MADONNA WILLYS

      MADONNA OF THE SMALL TREES

      HOLY ALLEGORY

      PORTRAIT OF A CONDOTTIERO

      CHRIST BLESSING

      PORTRAIT OF DOGE LEONARDO LOREDAN

      SAINT JEROME READING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

      SAN ZACCARIA ALTARPIECE

      SAINT MARK PREACHING IN ALEXANDRIA

      SAINTS CHRISTOPHER, JEROME AND LOUIS OF TOULOUSE

      THE FEAST OF THE GODS

      NAKED YOUNG WOMAN IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR

      The Paintings

      THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS

      ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS

      The Drawings

      LIST OF DRAWINGS

      The Biographies

      LIVES OF JACOPO, GIOVANNI, AND GENTILE BELLINI by Giorgio Vasari

      BELLINI by George Hay

      BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES: BELLINI by Sidney Colvin

      The Delphi Classics Catalogue

      © Delphi Classics 2017

      Version 1

      Masters of Art Series

      Giovanni Bellini

      By Delphi Classics, 2017

      COPYRIGHT

      Masters of Art - Giovanni Bellini

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 506 8

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      The Highlights

      Venice, Italy — Bellini’s birthplace

      Bellini’s 1500 self portrait, Capitoline Museum, Rome

      THE HIGHLIGHTS

      In this section, a sample of Bellini’s most celebrated works is provided, with concise introductions, special ‘detail’ reproductions and additional biographical images.

      CRUCIFIXION

      Giovanni Bellini was born in Venice into a family of painters. His father was Jacopo Bellini, one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in northern Italy, and Giovanni’s brother was Gentile Bellini, who, during his lifetime, was more highly regarded than himself.  Of even greater note was Giovanni’s brother-in-law, the painter Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431-1506) who achieved great fame as a master of perspective, establishing a workshop that became the leading producer of prints in Venice before 1500.

      Giovanni was brought up in his father’s house, living and working closely with his brother Gentile. Up until the age of nearly thirty, his paintings exemplify a depth of religious feeling and human pathos, which he would develop into his own inimitable style. His paintings from the early period are all executed in the old tempera method, with the scene softened by a new and beautiful effect of romantic sunrise colour.

      In a somewhat changed and more personal manner, with less harshness of contour and a broader treatment of forms and draperies, but not less force of religious feeling, Giovanni’s early works have often been linked both compositionally and stylistically to those of his brother-in-law, Mantegna. In 1470 Giovanni received his first appointment to work along with his brother and other artists in the Scuola di San Marco, where among other subjects he was commissioned to paint a Deluge with Noah’s Ark. None of these works have survived.

      Crucifixion, completed around 1455, is housed today in Venice’s Museo Correr, though it was originally produced for the church of San Salvador of Venice and forms part of the Mantegna-influenced phase of Bellini’s early career. The tempera on panel painting illustrates the crucified Jesus, with pallid skin, set against a broad landscape background. The deep blue sky is populated by cherubim, lamenting his death, while in the lower section of the panel Mary weeps, her hands gripped in prayer, and Saint John looks up in trepidation, his fingers outstretched, conveying his intense devotion.

      The background section of the panel reveals Bellini’s interest in landscape, depicting a lake with a wooden bridge, a quarry, small houses and a series of small working figures. This fragmented, detailed composition was typical of the work of the artist’s father, Jacopo Bellini. In his later works this attention to landscape would be replaced by a more coherent focus on the main subject at hand. Other elements typical of Bellini’s early works are the occasional loose painting strokes, the thin figures and sharp outlines, all indicating that this is less a mature and polished piece. Nevertheless, the extraordinary depth of pathos evoked by the weeping Mary, the awe-stricken Saint John and the suffering face of Christ effectively proclaim the unique skill of the young Bellini.

      Detail

      Detail

      Detail

      Detail

      Self portrait of Bellini’s brother-in-law, Andrea Mantegna, 1466

      The Chiesa di San Salvatore, Venice –where Bellini’s early ‘Crucifixion’ was first displayed

      PIETÀ

      Throughout his career, Bellini would return to the iconographic theme of the Pietà, a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus. The theme is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New Testament, the subject is strictly called a Lamentation in English, although Pietà is often applied. During the late 1450’s, Bellini painted the so-called ‘Brera Pietà’, an image denoting extreme pity and mourning in which Mary and Saint John are seen holding Jesus. Below, on the wall of the grave, a short Latin inscription reads, Every time these tear-swollen eyes will provoke sobs, perhaps it will be Bellini’s painting that is weeping. This is a fragment of a hymn from the first book of the Roman poet Propertius’ Elegies, affirming the artist’s formal education.

      Devout emotion is expressed throughout, from the landscape that recalls Flemish antecedents to the lucid architectonic composition of the group and the abstract geometry of their movements, revealing the influence of Piero della Francesca. The passionate feeling is notable for its human and psychological aspect, rendering grief at its most universal expression and, at the same time, its most private and conscious element. The mother’s pathetic gesture, as she leans towards her son, is echoed by Saint John’s averted head. The restricted landscape, with its road climbing up a hill and its torrent coursing below, pulsates with earthly life, adding a mundane contrast to the sorrowful scene in the foreground.

      The three figures stand out against a leaden dreamlike sky. The image reveals the influence of the art of Padua, Venice’s nearby neighbour, which is evident in the contours, adjusting gestures and figures to the strong expressive requirements of the drama. The silent exchange of emotions in the faces is reflected in the masterful play of the hands. The landscape behind them, empty and metallic in the cold, shining greys of the painful dawn of rebirth, accentuates the sombre emotion.

      Detail

      Detail

      Detail

      Detail

      PRESENTATION AT THE TEMPLE

      Dating to c. 1460, the tempera on panel Presentation at the Temple is housed today in the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, in Venice. It is considered to be completed after Andrea Mantegna’s panel on the same theme, featuring a similar placement of figures. The commission of both works is unknown, as well as the identity of some of the figures, which are by some art historians believed to represent members of the Mantegna and Bellini families.

      The principal figures of Bellini’s panel are the same as those in Mantegna’s work: the Virgin holds the Christ Child, whose feet lie on a cushion, while the bearded figure of Simeon reaches to take him. Facing from the front is Saint Joseph, which, according to some scholars, offers a portrait of Bellini’s father, Jacopo. In the painting by Bellini there are two more figures, identified by critics as the mother Anna (far left) and the artist himself, with a likely inclusion of a portrait of Mantegna in the far right figure of a young man. The original design for the panel paintings was probably Mantegna’s, who favoured architecture devices in the framing of his pictures. However, Bellini has opted to reduce the austere box-like frame to a marbled ledge. The addition of two characters gives the group more life, increasing the sense of human interaction. The elimination of the frame, or rather its reduction to a shelf, similar to a church altar-top, suddenly removes every barrier and draws us toward the scene with a degree of more intimacy. Unlike the solid rock colours of Mantegna, who blends flesh-tones, stones and drapery, Bellini responds with a pure and orchestrated play of whites and reds in clear alternation.

      Detail

      Detail

      Likely self portrait and portrait of Mantegna

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1