Sebastiano del Piombo: Giving a masterful portraitist his due Mar 15, 2008
He first entered the studio of Giovanni Bellini and then seems to have studied with Giorgione. Inevitably these titans formed his early style. (International Herald Tribune)
In Which Museum Nov 12, 2007
The Sacred Allegory by Giovanni Bellini. Bellini founded the Venetian school of painting, raising Venice to a Renaissance center of art that rivaled Florence and Rome and bringing a new sense of realism to art. (Suite101.com)
Mammal Symbols in Art Jun 5, 2007
In Giovanni Bellini s painting we can see the donkey represented among many animals that populate the painting in symbols that would have been known to those of his timeframe. 8. (Suite101.com)
'Dürer and Italy': A master's impact on Renaissance art May 19, 2007
As he wrote to his humanist friend Willibrand Pirckheimer: "In Venice I have become a gentleman." His relationship with Giovanni Bellini, the most venerable of Venetian artists, was one of mutual admiration ... In Venice none of the major painters remained untouched by him: from Giovanni Bellini, Cima and Vittore Carpaccio to Giorgione, Lorenzo Lotto, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
