Bellini Madonna at the Accademia  The Vision of St. Ursula by Carpaccio at the Accademia   Giorgione's La Tempesta which is probably the most famous painting in Venice. Some say the first example of easel art and also the first subjective painting in art, also first painting that priveleges (artspeak) landscape...some do say.  

Venice Art Tours

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

           

 

 

  

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

The Assumption by Titian at the Frari.

 

  Giorgione's La Vecchia at the Accademia

   detail from the Assunta by Titian

   

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Renaissance Art Tour

Introducing you to the art of the Renaissance in Venice.

Walk Itinerary....We visit The Accademia (art museum) and churches. We always begin at the Accademia and travel elsewhere by foot or traghetto (a gondola ferry which traverses the Grand Canal- you can sit, but true Venetians stand, stopping for an espresso along the way. We look at the best art of the period as created by the great Venetian masters (see below). The emphasis is obviously on Venetian Renaissance art, but we point out architectural, historical, and other features of Venice.

We compare the art of Venice to that of Florence, highlighting their differing attitudes to colour, design, and sculpture. We will not look at every painting in Venice, but rather at the best of the following Venetian painters: Giovanni Bellini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Tiziano (Titian), and Tintoretto. 

 © Howard Fitzpatrick 2009                                                                             

 Gentile Bellini's Miracle at S Lorenzo    the S. Giobbe altarpiece at the Accademia, stolen by Napoleon from the Church of S. Giobbe    Bellini's Madonna degli Alboretti at the Accademia