Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Pietà
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Pietà
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Image View:
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Detail, the heads of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
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Creator:
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Giovanni Bellini (Italian painter, ca.1431-1516)
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Location:
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repository: Brera Museum (Milan, Lombardy, Italy) 228
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Location Note:
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Via Brera 28
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GPS:
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+45.471944+9.188056
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Date:
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1467-1470 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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panel painting
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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tempera on wood panel
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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86 cm (height) x 107 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; John, the Apostle, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
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Description:
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The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to whom he was linked not just by cultural affinities but also by close ties of kinship (they were brothers-in-law). Bellini immerses the scene in an atmosphere of natural light, softening the tones and concentrating not so much on the construction of a rigorous perspective as on conveying the sorrowful humanity of the protagonists. In this way he creates a new language that will become, in the years to come, his personal and unmistakable stylistic mark. (Source: Brera Pinacoteca [website]; http://pinacotecabrera.org/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-BELLINI-P-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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