Giovanni Bellini

Venetian light — father of Venetian painting

The patriarch of Venetian painting. He transformed the hard Paduan manner into something luminous and warm — bathing his Madonnas and landscapes in a golden atmospheric light that his pupils Giorgione and Titian would carry to full fruition.

Key works

• San Zaccaria Altarpiece1505— Sacred conversation — serene Venetian light
  San Zaccaria, Venice
• The Agony in the Garden~1465— Landscape as emotional expression
  National Gallery, London

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