Focus on San Zaccaria Altarpiece and analyze the Style.
The San Zaccaria Altarpiece is considered one of his most famous altarpieces, which he completed at the age of seventy-four. Even at this advanced age for this project, Bellini's impressive painterly and observational skills do not seem to have not been diminished. Moreover, the San Zaccaria Altarpiece is acknowledged as Bellini's prime example of his life-long exploration into the effects of light and color and impressive realism that is set against classically-inspired architectural components, reflecting a culmination of his style. Although Bellini uses bright, intense colors, the mood of the San Zaccaria Altarpiece reflects a quiet, restrained and sacrosanct tone. This altarpiece in particular has been described as poetic because of the work's sacred atmosphere invites the viewer into a contemplative space.The artist Giorgione was one of Bellini's pupils. During the time that Bellini was working on the San Zaccaria Altarpiece, Giorgione was completing the Castelfranco Madonna around 1504. While it remains unclear who inspired whom, since both artists were working contemporaneously, the works by each demonstrate a similar approach to the figures: both artists reduced the number of figures in the composition, placing them further back in the middle- and foregrounds, while also casting down the figures' gazes or casting shadows on their faces, slightly concealing them.
San Zaccaria Castelfranco Madonna composition Giorgione