Learn about the mastery and beauty of the history and art of Venice in this ten part series about The Masters of Venice – The Artists of The Serene Republic.
In the course we’ll learn about…
- The history of Venice from Byzantium to The Serene Republic and beyond
- Learn about important Venetian artists and artistic trends including:
- Byzantine influence – St. Mark’s Basilica
- Venetian Gothic and The Ducal Palace
- Art of Bellini Family
- Art of Vittore Carpaccio
- Art of Giorgione
- Art of Titian
- Art of Tintoretto
- Art of Veronese
- Art of Canaletto…and so much more
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Masters of Venice Blog Posts: We’re blogging through the history and art of Venice – latest posts below:
Venice and The Ottoman Empire: Exhibit at NCMA
The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh is currently hosting a captivating exhibit, “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” which runs through January 5, 2025. Organized by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (The Venetian Civic Museums) and Museum Box, this groundbreaking exhibition delves into the intricate cultural and historical ties between two of the…
Renaissance Wednesday at Walters Art Museum: Giovanni Bellini
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD has one of the best collections of Renaissance Art in the US! Today we’re going to dive into one of my favorite Renaissance paintings in the collection… Giovanni Bellini – Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Mark and Three Venetian Procurators, 1510 Giovanni Bellini is a favorite…
Masters of Venice: Tiepolo
Today on The Masters of Venice, we are going to meet the great Rococo painter Tiepolo. We learned about Rococo in a previous lesson. It emerged in France in the 18th century as a rebuff to The Baroque drama of Louis XIV’s Palace at Versailles in France. Both styles are known for their drama and…
Masters of Venice: Canaletto
Today on the Masters of Venice, we’re beginning our survey of 18th-century Venetian Art with one of my favorite artists – Canaletto. I was first introduced to Canaletto in elementary school during a field trip to The North Carolina Museum of Art. The curator who led our tour was passionate about art and the museum;…
Masters of Venice: Jacopo Sansovino
Today on The Masters of Venice we are going to meet renowned Renaissance sculptor Jacopo Sansovino. His impact on Venetian life can still be seen today in St. Mark’s Square, which he helped redesign in the 1500s. Biography: Born in Florence in 1486 as Jacopo Tatti, he began to study with master architect and sculptor…
Masters of Venice: 18th Centry – A Period of Transition
Follow Art Expeditions on Facebook Today we are transitioning from the High Venetian Renaissance into the 18th-century where a mix of artistic styles from ‘View Paintings’ of Canaletto to the Baroque and Roccoco merge into gracious and opulent Venetian art. With the advent of trade in the ‘New World,’ continued to grow with the colonization…
Masters of Venice: The Bassano Legacy
In our last lesson we met Master of Venice, Jacopo Bassano…Today I wanted to follow-up by introducing you his talented sons who continued the Bassano family tradition of painting that started in Jacopo’s father, Francesco il Vecchio’s workship decades before. I am based in the Raleigh, NC area and enjoy visiting our amazing Renaissance and…
Masters of Venice: Jacopo Bassano
Today on The Masters of Venice we’re going to meet late Renaissance artist, Jacopo Bassano; a contemporary of Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto, Bassano is one of the titans of Venetian art. Though not as famous as Titian, Bassano was well-regarded by his peers and influenced later generations of artists. As we learned in our last…
Medieval Monday: Treasures of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice
Today we’re traveling to one of the most beautiful examples of Byzantine-Romanesque architecture to come out of The Medieval Era. A few weeks ago we learned about the influence of Byzantium (The Eastern Roman Empire, which did not fall in 476 as did the Western Roman Empire) in Ravenna with the Church of San Vitale.…
Masters of Venice: Veronese
Today on The Masters of Venice we are going to meet one of my favorite Venetian artists – Paolo Caliari, better known as Veronese. Contemporary to Tintoretto, Veronese straddled the High Renaissance style of Venice focused on bright colors and perfect symmetry as well as the emerging pre-Baroque/late-Renaissance style of Mannerism. Let’s pause here for…
Masters of Venice: Tintoretto
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…
Masters of Venice – Titian
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…
Masters of Venice: Giorgione
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…
Masters of Venice: Vittore Carpaccio
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…
Masters of Venice: Antonello da Messina
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…
Masters of Venice: The Bellini Family
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…
Masters of Venice: Early Years – Veneziano to Vivarini Family and Alegmagna
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…
Masters of Venice – Early History
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.…
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