What is Giovanni Bellini?
[[File:Accademia - Miracolo della reliquia della Croce al ponte di San Lorenzo - Gentile Bellini - cat.568.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Gentile Bellini, ''Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo'', [[Venice]]]] '''Giovanni Bellini''' ({{IPA-it|dʒoˈvanni belˈliːni}};<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Giovanni |title=Giovanni |work=DiPI Online |author=Luciano Canepari |author-link=Luciano Canepari | access-date=19 October 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190917/http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Giovanni |archive-date=21 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Bellini |title=Bellini |work=DiPI Online |author=Luciano Canepari |access-date=19 October 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190849/http://www.dipionline.it/dizionario/ricerca?lemma=Bellini |archive-date=21 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> c. 1430 – 26 November 1516)<ref>His precise date of death is not recorded, but he was known to have died by 29 November 1516 – [http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/62963/sample/9780521662963ws.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912025236/http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/62963/sample/9780521662963ws.pdf |date=12 September 2011 }}</ref> was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] [[painter]] based in [[Venice]]. His father Jacopo and his brother Gentile were also painters, as was his brother-in-law Mantegna. Bellini used a coloristic style exemplified by his use of clear [[oil paint]]s, deep [[colors]], and detailed shadings. His atmospheric [[landscapes]] influenced Venetian painting, particularly the work done by his [[pupil]]s, Giorgione and [[Titian]]. == References == {{Reflist}} ==Related pages== * [[List of Italian painters]] ==Other websites== *[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bellini/ Picture at ibiblio] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellini, Giovanni}} [[Category:15th-century Italian pai