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Giovanni Bellini and the Art of Devotion

Run Dates
September 11, 2004 - January 2, 2005
Exhibition Number
EX2004.2
Venue
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Exhibition Organizer
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Exhibition Curator
Ronda Kasl

Giovanni Bellini was the leading artist of the early Renaissance in Venice and the master of the largest workshop of any painter in Italy. This installation of three paintings from the IMA's collection focuses on the practice of painting in Bellini's workshop, with particular emphasis on how images of the Madonna and Child were created and copied to meet the needs of private devotion. Making extensive use of technical documents such as X-radiographs, infrared reflectograms, and paint cross sections, it introduces visitors to the materials and working methods of the Renaissance painter and to modern scientific methods used to study artistic practices. An interactive Web site in the gallery provides more comprehensive information and documents the conservation treatment of one of Bellini's Madonnas. This installation is accompanied by a scholarly publication, Giovanni Bellini and the Art of Devotion, edited by IMA curator Ronda Kasl. Funding is provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.


No photography is available for this exhibition.

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MA-251861-OMS-22].