The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St
212.535.7710
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Art
Art in Renaissance Venice, 1400-1515: Paintings and Drawings from the Museum’s Collections
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Giovanni Bellini (Italian, Venetian, active by 1459–died 1516). “Madonna and Child,” ca. 1470. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
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Dec 8, 2011 – Feb 5
Daily
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free w/ admission
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This installation of Renaissance Venetian art from the Met Museum’s collections features 44 paintings and drawings by preeminent artists active in Venice from the early 15th to the early 16th century—the vibrant age of the Bellini family. Paintings and drawings, mostly sacred in subject, illustrate the transition from the Venetian Gothic style of the early 15th century to mid-century, when artists began to respond to the Renaissance vocabulary of Florence and Padua. The exhibition presents a comparison of the two primary artistic dynasties, the Bellini and the Vivarini, and explores their workshop practices and specializations in the context of the Venetian art market. The selection also highlights Venetian artists’ increasing use of compositional formulas and formats which enhance the physical proximity and spiritual communion among the figures portrayed as well as that between subject and viewer.
