Today on The Master’s of Venice we’re traveling to the crossroads of the Venetian Renaissance and fusion of Mannerism – a style that emerged in the High Renaissance and through The Baroque era. While Tintoretto is often classed as a Mannerism because of his dramatic and loose style, I would argue that Tintoretto created a… Read More Masters of Venice: Tintoretto
Today on The Masters of Venice, I’m excited to feature one of my favorite painters – a master of color, light and storytelling – Titian. The art theorist Giovanni Lomazzo declared him “the sun amidst small stars non only among the Italians but all the p Born circa 1488 in the small village of Pieve… Read More Masters of Venice – Titian
Today on The Masters of Venice we are going to meet one of the most important artists to come out of The Venetian Renaissance – Giorgione. Born circa 1473 in the Castelfranco region of Veneto, roughly forty miles from Venice, Giorgione emerged as an innovator of style and depth within his lifetime. Sadly, this ‘Master… Read More Masters of Venice: Giorgione
Today on The Masters of Venice we are going to meet one of The Serene Republic’s most important artists – Vittore Carpaccio. I was blessed to see a treasure troveof Carpaccio’s works while visiting The National Gallery in DC in December 2022. This exhibit included many of his most important works from Venice, and throughout… Read More Masters of Venice: Vittore Carpaccio
Last time on Art Expeditions we learned aboout The Bellini Family and their impact on art history in Venice…one of the key influencers of Giovanni Bellini was Antonello da Messina who lived in Venice for a time and brought his masterful skill of oil painting to the area. Antonello was born at Messina circa 1429… Read More Masters of Venice: Antonello da Messina
Last time on Masters of Venice we learned about founder of The Venetian School, Veneziano as well as early Renaissance (late Gothic) Venetian painters The Vivarini Family and Alemagna. Click here for the last lesson. Today we’re stepping fully into The Venetian Renaissance getting to know one of the most distinguished families of Italian painters… Read More Masters of Venice: The Bellini Family
Last time on The Masters of Venice, we learned about the early history of Venice from it’s foundations as a city of refugees to the building of magnificent St. Mark’s Basilica. As you can see Venice’s history is anything but boring – it reads like a scene from a Netflix drama or HBO’s Game of… Read More Masters of Venice: Early Years – Veneziano to Vivarini Family and Alegmagna
Welcome to our first Art Expeditions Virtual Course – The Masters of Venice. Over the next two months we’ll be exploring the majesty, wonder and history of Venetian art from early Byzantine influences to the Venice of Canaletto and others. This FREE course will be a mix of blog posts accessible here and YouTube videos.… Read More Masters of Venice – Early History
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