Title: Examining Giovanni Bellini : an art 'more human and more divine' /
Authors: Wilson, Carolyn C.,; Renaissance Society of America. (2010 :
Year: 2015
Subjects: Bellini, Giovanni, Criticism and interpretation.; Painting, Renaissance Italy Venice
Abstract: "This book presents a collection of fifteen essays on the Venitian painter Giovanni Bellini, one of the most innovative and influential artists of the Italian Renaissance"--P. [4] of cover.
Contents: Preface / Carolyn C. Wilson -- Introduction: Giovanni Bellini, an art 'more Human and more divine' / Carolyn C. Wilson -- Giovanni Bellini's Iris and Autopsia's Role / Colin Eisler -- An inconvenient text: the Supplementum chronicarum as a source for information about Gentile and Giovanni Bellini / Amy N. Worthen -- Vesting the body of Christ / Paul Hills -- 'Qualche lontani': distance and transcendence in the art of Giovanni Bellini / Brigit Blass-Simmen -- 'Finito et ricercato mirabilmente'. Per nuovi contributi sul San Francesco nel deserto di Giovanni Bellini, ora nella Frick Collection di New York / Rosella Lauber -- 'Per lo quale ennallumini la nocte'. Il verbasco fiorito del San Francesco che riceve le stimmate di Giovanni Bellini alla Frick Collection ed altri appunti di storia naturale / Mauro Di Vito -- Giovanni Bellini, Antonello da Messina, and the 'signs of men's character' / Elizabeth Perkins -- A new interpretation of Jacometto's 'most perfect work': parallels in portraits by Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci / Eveline Baseggio Omiccioli -- A contribution to the study of Giovanni Bellini's drawings and underdrawings / Karolina Zgraja -- A portrait of Gabriele Veneto and some reflections on Giovanni Bellini's portraiture around 1500 / Antonio Mazzotta -- Giovanni Bellini's private devotional images: a boom around 1500 / Catarina Schmidt Arcangeli -- 'Apparò i primi principi da Giovan Bellino allora vecchio'. Questioni aperte sulla formazione di Sebastiano / Costanza Barbieri -- Poetry in motion: Bellini, Titian, and the all'antica Relief / Beverly Louise Brown -- Always a challenge: Bellini, Titian, and some portraits of women / Patricia Meilman -- The reception of Giovanni Bellini in Britain, up to c. 1900 / Peter Humfrey.