FILE: 59_San Giobbe Altarpiece_Bellini.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - San Giobbe Altarpiece - HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE in VENICE

DESCRIPTION: by BELLINI. Foremost painter of Venice. Sister married to Mantegna. This is Bellini's EARLY STYLE. Crowded. Color dull. Low perspective. Saints in sacred conversation: St. Francis, John the Baptist, Sebastian (with arrows), Madonna & child. "AHISTORICAL" painting = saints who could not be together in history are together in here. Influenced by Mantegna's perspective. Typical of Venice = musical angels known as Venetian Conceit.