Venetian ArtOriginally created by Mr. Douglas Darracott,

Plano West HS Plano, TX

Jacopo Sansovino. The Mint (La Zecca) and the State Library (Venice), begun 1536

Jacopo Sansovino, a refugee from the Sack of Rome/ pairing of state buildings with contrasting

appearances

Superimposed orders on a sculptural façade/ balustrade with figurative sculpture/ La

Serenissima

Left: Andrea Palladio. Frontspiece of I Quattro

Libri dell’ArchitetturaBelow: Giambattista Maganza. Portrait of

Andrea Palladio, 1576

Andrea Palladio. Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza), c. 1586

Andrea Palladio. Villa Godi

Andrea Palladio. Villa Badoer

Andrea Palladio.

Villa Barbaro

Andrea Palladio. Villa Cornaro, c. 1553

Andrea Palladio. Villa Rotonda (near Vicenza, Italy), c. 1566-1570

Andrea Palladio/ a “rural villa” in the Veneto/ influence of Vitruvius/ classical references in a

central plan/ raised plinths for a sculptural form

Thomas Jefferson. Monticello, begun 1770

impact on English and American architecture/ Four Books of Architecture

interior of the Villa Rotonda

Andrea Palladio. West façade of San

Giorgio Maggiore

(Venice), 1565

intersection of two temple

facades/ architecture as “frozen

music

cool, rational interior

Andrea Palladio. Il Rendentore (Venice),

1577-92

Antonello da Messina. Saint

Jerome in his Study, early 1470s, oil on panel

Giovanni Bellini. San Giobbe Altarpiece,

c. 1478-1480, oil on panel

Giovanni Bellini/ popularity of oil painting in Venice/

sacra conversazione/warm light and a sensual mood

Giovanni Bellini. San Zaccaria Altarpiece, San

Zaccaria (Venice), 1505, oil on wood transferred to

canvas

richness of color in Venetian art/ cohesive relationship

between figures and setting

Giovanni Bellini. Madonna of the Meadow, c. 1500-1505, oil and tempera on panel

Giovanni Bellini. Pieta

Giovanni Bellini. Saint Francis, c. 1485, oil and tempera on panel

Giovanni Bellini. Christ Blessing,

c. 1500, tempera, oil, and gold on

panel

Giovanni Bellini and

Titian. The Feast

of the Gods,

1529, oil on

canvas

rustic Olympian gods in an Arcadian landscape

Duke Alfonso d’Este of Ferrara/

camerino d’alabastro/ an erotic, sensual

bacchanal/ from Ovid’s Fasti

Giorgione da Castlefranco (and/or Titian). Pastoral Symphony, c. 1508, oil on canvas

Giorgione/ popularity of the pastoral landscape in Venice/ muses in a “poesia”/ Leonardo’s

influence

Giorgione da Castelfranco. The

Tempest, c. 1510, oil on

canvas

enigmatic landscape

impacted by a storm

Giorgione. Enthroned Madonna with Saints Liberalis and Francis,

Castelfranco Cathedral, c. 1500-1505, oil on panel

Giorgione. Sleeping Venus, c. 1510, oil on canvas

Titian. Meeting of Bacchus

and Ariadne,

1522-1523, oil

on canvas

Titian/ Theseus, Ariadne, and Bacchus/ emphasis on flesh, color, and spectacle/colorito vs. design/

signature on an urn

Titian. Sacred and Profane Love, c. 1514, oil on canvas

NeoPlatonic philosophy types of love depicted with allegorical figures/ resemblance to a cassone/

celebration of a marriage between Nicolo Aurelio and Laura Bagarotto

Titian. Assumption of the Virgin, (Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice), c. 1516-18, oil on wood

Titian. Young Man with Cap and

Gloves, c. 1512-1515, oil on canvas

Titian. Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese, 1542, oil on canvas

Titian. Portrait of a Man in Blue, c.

1512, oil on canvas

Titian. Madonna of the Pesaro Family, Santa

Maria dei Frari in Venice, 1519-1526, oil on canvas

Jacopo Pesaro, bishop of Paphos/

dynamic use of a strong diagonal/ world of courtly

splendor and protocol/

turbaned Turk defeated by papal forces

Madonna of the Pesaro Family seen in situ in

Santa Maria Gloriosa die Frari, Venice

Titian. Venus of Urbino, 1538, oil on canvas

A reclining Venus inspired by Giorgione/ erotic submissiveness of a courtesan designed for a

private audience/ imagery associated with marriage, beauty, and love

Titian. Danae with Nursemaid, 1553-1554, oil on canvas

Titian. The Flaying of Marsyas,

1575-1576, oil on canvas

Titian. Christ Crowned with Thorns, c. 1570-76,

oil on canvas

evolution of style late in life/ painterly approach

Titian. Isabelle d’Este, 1534-1536, oil on

canvas

Left: Titian. Self-Portrait, c. 1550-

1562, oil on canvasBelow: Titian. Self-

Portrait, 1568-71, oil on canvas

Tintoretto. Self-Portrait, c. 1547,

oil on canvas

Tintoretto. Miracle of the Slave, 1548, oil on canvas

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)/ theatrical motion on a large

scale

Tintoretto. Susanna and the Elders, c. 1555-6, oil on canvas

Susanna and the Elders/ female as an object of voyeurism/ references to luxurious wealth of

Venice

Tintoretto. Venus, Mars, and Vulcan, c. 1551, oil on canvas

Tintoretto. St. George Fighting the Dragon, c. 1553, oil on

canvas

Tintoretto. The Last Supper, (San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice), 1594, oil on

canvas

dramatic, supernatural lighting and asymmetry/ diagonal line separating two realms

doctrine of Transubstantiation

Veronese. Marriage at Cana, 1563, oil on canvas

Paolo Veronese/ Marriage of Cana/ a

deemphasized Christ

Palladian backdrop for a festive display of wealth/

image of Venice as a world power

depiction of servants

an ensemble of artists making music

Paolo Veronese. Christ in the House of Levi, 1573, oil on canvas

offensive entertainment at the Last Supper/ before the Inquisition/ loggia framed by three

monumental arches

Paolo Veronese. Triumph of Venice (Hall of the Grand Council,

Palazzo Ducale, Venice), c. 1585, oil on

canvas

Venetian Art