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… Read More Venice and The Ottoman Empire: Exhibit at NCMA
We’re kicking off the first Renaissance Wednesday of 2024 with a visit to my local museum, The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh NC. The NCMA holds the claim to be the first state funded art museum in the United States The NCMA has a premier Italian Renaissance collection featuring master works from Giotto… Read More Renaissance Wednesday: Italian Treasures at the North Carolina Museum of Art
Today on Renaissance Wednesday we are going to focus on Master of Venice, Carlo Crivelli. Born circa 1430 in the Veneto region to a family of painters, where he was exposed to the art work of early Venetian Renaissance masters like Vivarini, Squarcione and Mantegna (Paduan and brother in law of Bellini brothers). It is… Read More Renaissance Wednesday: Focus on Carlo Crivelli
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… Read More Renaissance Wednesday at Walters Art Museum: Giovanni Bellini
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… Read More Masters of Venice: Veronese
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
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
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