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Event at the Louvre
The greatest painters of 16th century Venice will come together in the Hall Napoléon in an exhibition of paintings that demonstrate the extent to which the emulated and competed with each other.
Eighty-five paintings, mainly masterpieces on loan from some of the world’s most prestigious museums and galleries, are presented to the public in order to provide evidence of a noble rivalry and comparing paintings that deal with the same or similar subjects, and demonstrating how the artists influenced each other or, on the contrary, chose different paths to provide a personal vision of the themes they interpreted.
The opening of the exhibition has been preceded by a number of vernissages.
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While Titian, the official painter of the Republic, was dominant, the arrival of a new generation - Bassano, Tintoretto, Veronese, Palma il Giovane – along with an interest in the way that art had been evolving in central Italy, led to a series of original solutions in the treatment of subjects close to the hearts of the Venetians of the second half of the 16th century.
In searching for a personal vision, the great Venetian artists of the period modelled their development on what the others were doing, especially, of course, Titian who had become the uncontested master. It is fair to say then, that competition played a fundamental role in the creation and renewal of painting in Venice.
The special political characteristics and social structure of the Republic of Venice were enormously favourable to the diversity of artistic production. The existence of so many rich and noble families, the importance of the Church. At the height of the Reformation, and a network of powerful confraternities known as schools, multiplied the opportunities for work for the artists in a context in which the attribution of commissions was entirely free.
So, working for so many different patrons meant that in Venice, perhaps more than elsewhere, there was a constant rivalry between painters. Heightened by the frequent competitions that were held for the most prestigious commissions, much like what we have today for architectural projects.
A special case in point was that of the Biblioteca Marciana, at the Scuola di San Rocco and, most important of all, the Tribuna del Doge in the Sala del Maggiore Consiglio at the Palazzo dei Dogi.
Most Venetian artists were, from the middle of the century, obliged to deal with the novelty and challenges posed by mannerism.
This exhibition attempts to examine this aspect which induced many of the artists of the lagoon to effect a sort of unique synthesis by adapting the mannerism of central Italy to their naturalist vision of the world.
The photo gallery contains images.
The photo gallery contains images.
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