John Bellini - Finestre sull'Arte

The work of art and the reproduction of its images. An open debate

The question of the relationship between the work of art and its image, understood as an instrument of communication, dissemination and knowledge, is a figure of great theoretical interest, a symptom that imposes itself on our attention in the presen...
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Mantegna and Bellini's two Presentations together in Venice, an exceptional comparison

From March 21 to July 1, the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice will be the scene of an exceptional, textbook art history confrontation: in fact, visitors will be able to see side by side the two Presentations of Jesus at the Temple, one painted ...
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Giovanni Bellini's Allegory: an unsolved enigma

"It is difficult to discover the meaning of the allegory that Bellini painted. The Virgin, seated on a terrace overlooking a lake, receives the homage of a kneeling woman, accompanied to the right and left by standing figures whose identities have no...
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