In the distance, lightning strikes. What does it mean? Poetic and evocative, this painting invites interpretation.
Location: Gallerie dell’Accademia
Brotherhoods lent stability to religious and civic life. These wealthy institutions also commissioned paintings.
Devotional confraternities (scuole) in Renaissance Venice
This personal image was destined for Titian’s tomb, but he may also appear in it as St. Jerome.
Titian and Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Pietà
Veronese described himself as a painter of figures. Judging by the throng depicted here, he clearly enjoyed it.
Paolo Veronese, Feast in the House of ...
With its decorative marble and golden light, this space looks a lot like San Marco. Shall we? St. Francis beckons.
Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece
This painting was once criticized for its loose, open brushwork—a hallmark of Tintoretto’s style we now admire.
Jacopo Tintoretto, The Miracle of the Slave
Asked to explain his art to the Inquisition, Veronese claimed that painters, like madmen, enjoyed poetic license.
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