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Giovanni Bellini: A Collection of 137 paintings (HD)
BOOKS about Giovanni Bellini: GIOVANNI BELLINI by Oskar Bätschmann —- https://bit.ly/2Is4gGx GIOVANNI BELLINI : THE ART OF CONTEMPLATION by Johannes Grave —- https://bit.ly/2Ugy2ju GIOVANNI BELLINI - LANDSCAPES OF...
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The Venetians Attack Constantinople, 1204 CE
A 16th century CE painting by Domenico Tintoretto depicting the Venetians attacking the sea walls of Constantinople in 1204 CE during the Fourth Crusade.
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Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice
Hall of the Great Council, Doge's Palace, Venice. The room is 53 meters long and 25 meters wide (173 x 82 ft) and can seat 2,000 people. On the back wall is one of the largest oil paintings on canvas in the world: The Glory of Paradise by...
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Venice and its Lagoon (UNESCO/NHK)
Founded in the 5th century A.D. and spread over 118 small islands, Venice became a major maritime power in the 10th century A.D. The whole city is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains works...
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Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy (sometimes called Helen of Sparta) is a figure from Greek mythology whose elopement with (or abduction by) the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the Trojan War. Helen was the wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta, and considered...
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Renaissance Altarpieces
During the Renaissance (1400-1600) just about any artist of worth found themselves commissioned at some point in their careers to produce an altarpiece. Some of the greatest names in European art were so called upon, from Jan van Eyck to...
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Sebastiano Serlio
Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554 CE) was an Italian Renaissance architect, painter, and scholar. His most successful building design is the classically-inspired Château d'Ancy-le-Franc in France. Serlio's lifetime of scholarship came together...
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Donato Bramante
Donato Bramante (c. 1444-1514 CE) was an Italian Renaissance architect whose most famous project was the design for a new Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, even if this work remained unfinished at his death. Bramante had also designed the influential...
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Pietro Perugino
Pietro Perugino (c. 1450-1523 CE), real name Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, was an Italian Renaissance artist who created frescoes for the Vatican's Sistine Chapel and was in demand across Italy to decorate church interiors and produce...
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The Hunt by Uccello
The Hunt painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Paolo Uccello (1397-1475 CE). Painted c. 1460-1470 CE. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England)