Bellini (Bellini) – a family of great Venetian painters. Senior representative of this family of artists had Jacopo B., was born (1464). In the early XV desk. Around 1464, was one of the students Gentile da Fabriano. He lived in Florence, Verona and Venice. The most remarkable of his work is to write for Verona's Cathedral – The Crucifixion of Christ. His eldest son, Gentile B (1427 (1428) – 1507). born in 1427 or 1428 and died in 1507. From him also survived only a few pictures, remarkable abundance of human figures. He was not only a painter but also a great medal and as such set in 1479 in Constantinople to Mohammed II. Here, incidentally, he made drawings for the relief work on a column of Theodosius, which only in these drawings and save. The finest of his paintings: in Breurey (Milan) "Sermon St. Mark and in the Venetian Academy" The Religious Miracle ". In style, he was freer of his father, but in fact kept rigid manners of ancient Venetian painting, although his historical paintings are strict style. – Famous Gentile was his brother – Giovanni B. (Dzhanbellin, or Sambellin), genus. in 1426, mind. 1516. He – the head of an ancient Venetian school and the most prominent representative of the direction that this school owes its value. Liveliness in imitation of nature, naive and yet subtle characteristics, strength and intensity of color have been characterized by his high degree. He had a lot of students, of which celebrities: Giorgione and Titian; Bonifacio Veneziano and Sebastiano del Piombo also owe him. By adopting reforms Mantegna, B. gave a new direction of Venetian painting. After 1470 turned the genius of his great pupil of Titian, influenced by the teacher himself. At first, he often used the golden background. His best works are in galleries of the Louvre, the Venetian Academy, London, Vienna, Berlin, in addition, in many churches in Venice. eg. St. Zacharias, St. John and St. Paul and a friend. Dresden Gallery has a portrait of his great doge Leonardo Loredana, written in 1502.
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