The Accademia

Core Reading (see also the bibliography for Culture)

1. Paolo Veneziano, Coronation of the VirginLink opens in a new window . c. 1350.

Muraro, Michelangelo, Paolo da Venezia (Philadelphia, 1970) War.

2. Michele Giambono, Coronation of the VirginLink opens in a new window . c. 1448.

Land, Norman E., ‘Michele Giambono’s “Coronation of the Virgin” for S. Agnese in Venice: A New Proposal’Link opens in a new window, The Burlington Magazine 119 (1977), 167-75.

3. Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe AltarpieceLink opens in a new window . c. 1487

Robertson, Giles, Giovanni Bellini (New York, 1981)

Ghiotto, Renato, and Terisio Pignatti, L’opera completa di Giovanni Bellini (Milan, 1969)

Goffen, Rona, ‘Bellini, S. Giobbe and Altar Egos’Link opens in a new window, Artibus et Historiae 7 (1986), 57-70.

Goffen, Rona, Giovanni Bellini (New Haven, 1989)

4. Giovanni Bellini, Madonna degli AlberettiLink opens in a new window . 1487.

Robertson, Giles, Giovanni Bellini (New York, 1981)

Ghiotto, Renato, and Terisio Pignatti, L’opera completa di Giovanni Bellini (Milan, 1969)

Goffen, Rona, Giovanni Bellini (New Haven, 1989)

Goffen, Rona, 'Icon and Vision: Giovanni Bellini's Half-Length Madonnas'Link opens in a new window, The Art Bulletin 57 (1975), 487-518

5. Vittore Carpaccio, The Dream of St UrsulaLink opens in a new window . 1495

The drawingLink opens in a new window on which the painting is based, now in the Uffizi in Florence.

The Stories from the Life of St Ursula (1490-96)Link opens in a new window

Fortini Brown, Patricia, Venetian Narrative Painting in the Age of Carpaccio (New Haven, 1988)

6. Gentile Bellini, Procession in Piazza S. MarcoLink opens in a new window . 1496

Fortini Brown, Patricia, Venetian Narrative Painting in the Age of Carpaccio (New Haven, 1988)

Rodini, Elizabeth, 'Describing Narrative in Gentile Bellini’s Procession in Piazza San Marco’Link opens in a new window, Art History 21.1 (1998), 26–44. Blackwell

7. Giorgione, The TempestLink opens in a new window . c. 1505

Campbell, Stephen J., ‘Giorgione’s “Tempest,” “Studiolo” Culture, and the Renaissance Lucretius’Link opens in a new window, Renaissance Quarterly 56 (2003), 299-332

Lettieri, Dan, ‘Landscape and Lyricism in Giorgione’s “Tempesta”’Link opens in a new window, Artibus et Historiae 15 (1994), 55-70

Settis, Salvatore, Giorgione’s Tempest: Interpreting the Hidden Subject, trans. Ellen Bianchini (Chicago, 1990)

8. Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Gentleman in his StudyLink opens in a new window . c. 1527

Brown, David Alan, et al., Lorenzo Lotto: Rediscovered Master of the Renaissance (New Haven, 1997)

Humfrey, Peter, Lorenzo Lotto (New Haven, 1997)

9. Titian, Presentation of the Virgin at the TempleLink opens in a new window . 1539

Cole, Bruce, Titian and Venetian painting, 1450-1590 (Boulder, CO, 1999)

Hope, Charles, Titian (London, 1980)

Rosand, David, Painting in Cinquecento Venice (New Haven, 1982)

10. Tintoretto, The Miracle of St Mark Freeing the SlaveLink opens in a new window . 1548

Bernari, Carlo, and Pierluigi De Vecchi, L’opera completa del Tintoretto (Milan, 1970)

Rosand, David, Painting in Cinquecento Venice (New Haven, 1982)

Tietze, Hans, Tintoretto: the drawings and paintings (London, 1948)

11. Workshop of Tintoretto, Portrait of Jacopo SoranzoLink opens in a new window . c. 1550

Rearick, W.R., 'Reflections on Tintoretto as a Portraitist'Link opens in a new window, Artibus et Historiae 16 (1995), 51-68

12. Paolo Veronese, Feast in the House of LeviLink opens in a new window . 1573

Cocke, Richard, Veronese (London, 1980)

Rosand, David, Painting in Cinquecento Venice (New Haven, 1982)

Poivene, Guido, and Remigio Marini, L’opera completa del Veronese (Milan, 1968)