Bellini / Mantegna : masterpieces face-to-face : The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple /
Blass-Simmen, Brigit,curator,writer of added commentary.
Rowley, Neville,curator,writer of added commentary.
Villa, Giovanni Carlo Federico,curator,writer of added commentary.
Fondazione scientifica Querini Stampalia,host institution.
Giovanni Bellini, 'one of the great Italian poets' in the words of Roberto Longhi, and Andrea Mantegna, he who 'sculpted [the image] alive and real in his painting' in the sonnet by Ulisse degli Aleotti, were two giants in the history of Western art -- extremely distant in character, certainly, yet connected by deep family ties. Nicolosia -- Jacopo Bellini's daughter and thus half-sister to Giovanni -- married Mantegna in 1453. This marriage engendered one of the most fascinating pictorial dialogues of the Quattrocento, as they both developed the motif of The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. A pair of works exhibited side-by-side for the very first time, half a millennium after they were painted. An extraordinary event narrated down to the last detail in this volume, through a riveting analysis of the paintings themselves and of the relationship between the two artists. Exhibition: Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy (21.03.-01.07.2018).
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy, March 21-July 1, 2018.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-141).

Giovanni Bellini, 'one of the great Italian poets' in the words of Roberto Longhi, and Andrea Mantegna, he who 'sculpted [the image] alive and real in his painting' in the sonnet by Ulisse degli Aleotti, were two giants in the history of Western art -- extremely distant in character, certainly, yet connected by deep family ties. Nicolosia -- Jacopo Bellini's daughter and thus half-sister to Giovanni -- married Mantegna in 1453. This marriage engendered one of the most fascinating pictorial dialogues of the Quattrocento, as they both developed the motif of The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. A pair of works exhibited side-by-side for the very first time, half a millennium after they were painted. An extraordinary event narrated down to the last detail in this volume, through a riveting analysis of the paintings themselves and of the relationship between the two artists. Exhibition: Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy (21.03.-01.07.2018).
Bellini, Giovanni, 1426?-1516
Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506
Bellini, Giovanni, 1426?-1516
Mantegna, Andrea, 1431-1506
Painting, Italian
Painting, Italian
Bellini, Mantegna.