4 representatives of the VENETIAN school and their works

The main representatives of the Venetian school are Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian and Tintoretto. In unProfesor we discover his most emblematic works.

The Venetian school, or school veneta, It is one of the most outstanding artistic currents of Venice in the 15th and 16th centuries. A school whose main characteristic was to focus on the representation of light, color and atmosphere, being a response to the artistic currents that arose in other large cities of the Italian peninsula such as Rome or Florence.

While the early Renaissance in Florence focused on perspective and a detailed representation of the body, the venetian artists opted for rich and lively palettes, for using techniques such as sfumato or develop perspective techniques.

In this lesson of unPROFESOR.com we review with you the characteristics of the Venetian school and what were the main representatives of the Venetian school.

Here we introduce you to some of the representatives of the venetian school highlights.

1. Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516)

This Renaissance artist is considered to be the founder of the Venetian school, standing out for his ability to create serene landscapes full of details. In addition, Bellini was a great teacher in the representation of religious figures.

Bellini achieved his own style, more colorful and sensual, thanks to the use of light, slow-drying oil paint and rich, intense tints. Thus, Bellini constitutes an innovative figure, evolving his style from the Gothic and Byzantine tradition present in Venetian painting. A tradition to which he adds the innovations of his father and his brother-in-law, Andrea Mantegna, and the attention that the artist paid to Flemish painting.

Among his main works are "The head of Saint John" (1464), "El Salvador", a work from the late fifteenth century or "El Dux Leonardo Loredan" (1502).

2. Giorgione (c. 1477-1510)

Although his career was brief due to his untimely death, Giorgione was one of the amost influential artists of the Venetian school. His works are characterized by his poetic use of color and his focus on creating evocative atmospheres. One of his most famous works is "The Tempest" (1508), considered the first non-religious landscape in Western art.

3. Titian (c. 1488-1576)

TitianHe is one of the great masters of Italian Renaissance and one of the most influential artists of the Venetian school. His paintings are noted for their technical virtuosity, his masterful use of color, and his ability to capture beauty and sensuality in his portraits and religious works.

His works include "Sacred love and profane love" (1516), "Offering to Venus" (1519), "Charles V at the Battle of Mülhnerg" (1548) or "The kidnapping of Europe" (1562).

4. Tintoretto (c. 1518-1594)

Tintoretto, whose real name was Jacopo Comin, was known for the dramatic and energetic style of him. His works are characterized by their bold use of color, dramatic lighting, and dynamic composition.

A painter between two eras, Mannerism and the Baroque, whose main works are "The Miracle of San Marcos" or "The Miracle of the Slave" (1548), the "Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple" (1551-1556) or "Susana and the old men" (1555-1556) or "The Last Supper" (1592-1594), among others many.