Giovanni Bellini

Timeline

1. c. 1440–1460Venice · VeniceBellini came from a renowned Venetian family of painters, receiving early instruction from his father Jacopo Bellini and his brother Gentile Bellini in tempera and oil techniques, laying the foundation of the Venetian school's tradition of color and composition.
2. 1471–1480Venice · VeniceBy the 1470s Bellini had become Venice's most revered religious painter, undertaking large altarpieces for churches around St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace; his style shifted from linear design to full color and tranquil light, influencing artistic taste across the Adriatic trading world.
3. 1481–1516Venice · VeniceAfter the 1480s Bellini's workshop trained a generation of masters including Giorgione and Titian, while he himself continued to innovate in subjects of the Madonna and saints, combining translucent oil glazes with landscape backgrounds and becoming a major driving force at the height of the Venetian Renaissance.