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9781857093360

Bellini And the East

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  • ISBN13:

    9781857093360

  • ISBN10:

    1857093364

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2005-12-10
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

Situated between Western Europe and the civilizations of Byzantium and the Islamic world, Renaissance Venice was uniquely positioned at the crossroads of East and West. In the beautiful Adriatic city, ideas and aesthetics were exchanged and developed in a remarkable age of cultural fusion. Venice's distinctive architecture is already well known for integrating divergent cultural influences, but the impact of this synthesis on Venetian painting has not been fully explored. This gorgeous book focuses on the work of the remarkable Bellini family of paintersJacopo and his sons Gentile and Giovanniwho transformed Venetian painting in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The authors examine the influence of Venetian trade with the East on Bellini paintings; the Byzantine influence on Venetian art; the impact of a visit to Mehmed II's court in 1479 on Gentile Bellini, as well as his effect on Eastern-trained artists there; and much more. The book is abundantly illustrated with the Bellini family's paintings and examples of the Eastern objects that inspired them.

Author Biography

Caroline Campbell is Curator of Paintings at the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery, London, and was formerly Assistant Curator of Renaissance Paintings at the National Gallery, London Alan Chong is Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Table of Contents

Directors' Forewordp. 6
Curators' Introductionp. 7
Acknowledgementsp. 9
Mapp. 10
Chronologyp. 11
Venice, the Bazaar of Europep. 12
The Bellini, Bessarion and Byzantiump. 36
Italian Images of Mehmed the Conquerorp. 66
Mehmed the Conqueror: between East and Westp. 80
Bellini in Istanbulp. 98
Gentile Bellini in Istanbul: Myths and Misunderstandingsp. 106
Referencesp. 130
Bibliographyp. 136
Exhibited Works and Lendersp. 142
Photographic Creditsp. 142
Indexp. 143
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