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15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter

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Giovanni Bellini (Italian:[dʒoˈvannibelˈliːni]; c. – 29 November ) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father, but now that familial generational relationship is questioned. An older brother, Gentile Bellini was more highly regarded than Giovanni during his lifetime, but the reverse is true today. His brother-in-law was Andrea Mantegna.

Giovanni Bellini was considered to have revolutionized Venetian painting, moving it toward a more sensuous and colouristic style. Through the use of clear, slow-drying oil paints, Giovanni created deep, rich tints and detailed shadings. His sumptuous colouring and fluent, atmospheric landscapes had a great effect on the Venetian painting school, especially on his pupils Giorgione and Titian. The Bellini cocktail is named in his honour.

Life

Early career

Giovanni Bellini was born in Venice. The painter Jacopo Bellini had long been considered Giovanni's father, but the art historian Daniel Wallace Maze has advanced the theory that in fact, Jacopo was his much elder brother. Nonetheless, Giovanni was brought up in Jacopo's house. He always lived and worked in the closest fraternal relationship with his elder brother, Gentile. His paintings from the early period are all executed in the old tempera method: the scene is softened by a new and beautiful effect of romantic sunrise colour (as, for example, in the St. Jerome in the Desert).

In a changed and more personal manner, he drew Dead Christ paintings (in these days one of the master's most frequent themes e.g. Dead Christ Supported by the Madonna and St. John, or Pietà),

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Bihzad of Herat & Bellini of Venice: a Lecture in 2 parts
by Professor Michael Barry
(Video production by Aimone Angelini Rota)

This Special Lecture is the result of the lifelong research carried out by Professor Michael Barry in the field of Art History, in particular of Islamic Art.

In this 2-part Lecture, he illustrates the cross-fertilization of Afghan and Venetian painting in the 15th Century. To do so, he focuses on two phenomenal artists: Kamal ud-Din Behzad (born in Herat in circa, died in Herat in circa) and Giovanni Bellini (born in Venice in circa, died in Venice 29 November ).

Gentile Bellini was sent by the Venetian Senate to Constantinople on a diplomatic mission to the Court of Sultan Mehmet II. During his visit, he painted a portrait of the Sultan, who had a penchant for Italian Art and culture. Gentile Bellini also painted a miniature of an Ottoman artist, a work which is the starting point of the first part of Professor Michael Barry's Special Lecture.

In the second part, Professor Barry illustrates the lasting consequences of the cross-contamination that occurred between Italian and Afghan painting following the visit by Gentile Bellini.

Michael Barry was born in New York City, raised in France and partly in Afghanistan. He received his B.A. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University, his post-graduate diploma in Anthropology from Cambridge University, his M.A. from McGill University and his Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

Michael Barry served as a Lecturer in Islamic Culture at Princeton University from to , and was University Professor at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul from  to August Over the past 35 years, his work in Afghanistan, sometimes in the most dangerous battlefield conditions, has ranged from anthropological research to defense of human rights and coordinating humanitarian assistance in the field for the Paris-based Interna