Young Bellini / Daniel Wallace Maze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maze, Daniel Wallace, author.

Contributor:

Kowell Family Art History Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bellini, Giovanni, 1426?-1516--Criticism and interpretation.

Bellini, Giovanni.

Bellini, Giovanni, 1426?-1516.

Painting, Italian--15th century.

Painting, Italian.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Widely recognized as one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, Giovanni Bellini is revered for his mastery of color, atmosphere and light. However, his early life and career remain something of a mystery. Daniel Wallace Maze expands on groundbreaking research that argues Jacopo Bellini was not Giovanni Bellini's father, but rather his half-brother, and that Giovanni was born between 1424-26, up to fifteen years earlier than current scholars' estimates. In light of this, Young Bellini explores the artist's early life, including his birth, his unusual upbringing in Venice, and his first-known works of art. Presenting a clear narrative of his early career, and offering a number of newly attributed paintings, Maze provides answers to longstanding questions about Bellini, and poses new questions that will frame future research on the artist's contribution to the Renaissance.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Tinsmith, a Felon, and an Orphan

2. The Bellini Family Workshop

3. Letters, Numbers, and Art

4. The First Painting

5. Flashes of Brilliance

6. Lessons for Jacopo's Assistant

7. A Small Masterpiece.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kowell Family Art History Fund.

ISBN:

0300236611

9780300236613

OCLC:

1245472053

Publisher Number:

99989771054