But most of all, his images invite the viewer to look, to a different kind of seeing, in which sensuality and sense merge.” Johannes Grave, Giovanni Bellini: the Art of Contemplation ...

In 1912, Mrs. Bernard Berenson, the wife of the famed Renaissance art scholar, described Giovanni Bellini's "St. Francis in the Desert" (c. 1480) as "the most beautiful Bellini in existence ...

After he had quit Squarcione (1442), he moved to Venice and joined Gentile and Giovanni Bellini in their father’s ... he celebrated eight classical artists, including Apelles, “most famous of the ...

Giovanni Bellini is the undisputed father of the Venetian Renaissance, not only for the power and beauty of his oeuvre, but for the influence he exerted over subsequent generations. An exhibition ...

It should be in the news right through this season, as one of the most ... paintings is the Frick’s own “St. Francis in the Desert,” a treasure created by the Venetian master Giovanni ...

Sibling rivalry can, as in the case of the Renaissance painters Giovanni Bellini ... in the galleries offer the most spectacular paintings by each artist. Bellini, using oil paint, which Mantegna ...

In 1453 a prodigiously talented young painter from Padua, Andrea Mantegna, married into the renowned Bellini family of painters, from Venice. Thus began an intense creative dialogue between the Paduan ...

And just like the famous ... are 43 paintings, three sculptures and one drawing by various artists. But the main focus is on around 25 works by Gentile's half-brother, Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516).