Jacopo Bassano: renaissance painter of Venetian country life

Abstract

"This publication presents a new perspective on Jacopo Bassano (c. 1515-1592) and the remarkable success of his workshop. Bassano, although widely appreciated in his lifetime, was later overshadowed by the immense fame of the Venetian masters Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. Located outside the artistic center of Venice, Jacopo Bassano and his sons were able to produce masterpieces of outstanding quality. They achieved widespread popularity in a variety of genres including biblical-pastoral paintings, portraits, and altarpieces. The purpose of this book is to present a fresh insight into the innovative, artistic practices of Jacopo Bassano and his workshop. The volume consists of insightful essays by specialists on Jacopo Bassano, including Luisa Attardi, Alessandro Ballarin, Claudia Caramanna, and Kirsi Eskelinen. Special attention is given to Jacopo Bassano's career in his native town Bassano and his strategies for expanding the activities of his workshop in Venice. Furthermore, the articles highlight his relationship to nature and the Venetian countryside and his pioneering work in depicting the changing light during different times of the day. Through interdisciplinary research on two paintings in the collection of the Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, the book offers a deeper understanding of Jacopo Bassano's working methods and painterly techniques. The book accompanies the exhibition organized by the Sinebrychoff Art Museum/ Finnish National Gallery." -- Publisher's website.

Contents

Foreword / Kirsi Eskelinen -- Introduction: Jacopo Bassano: Renaissance Painter of Venetian County Life / Kirsi Eskelinen -- Jacopo Bassano: Running a workshop in the Venetian Terraferma / Kirsi Eskelinen -- From the Venetian countryside to the European courts: the success of Jaobo Bassano and his workshop / Claudia Caramanna -- Two paintings by Jacopo Bassano in the Sinebrychoff Art Museum / Kirsi Esklinen -- On the provenance of Jacopo Bassano's Virgin and child with John the Baptist and Saint Anthony Abbot in Helsinki / Valeria Paruzzo -- A brown sky and the virgin's patched blue robe: a conservation and technical study of Jacopo Bassano's paintings in the Sinebrychoff Art Museum / Suvi Kervinen, Hanne Tikkala, Kirsi Hiltunen -- 'Nel blu dipinto di blu': blue and no-longer-blue pigments in the work of Jacopo Bassano / Gianluca Poldi -- Jacopo Bassano's Announcement to Abraham of the departure from Haran to Canaan, from the Giusti del Giardino Collection / Alessandro Ballarin -- Contextualizing the iconography of Jacopo Bassano's Four Seasons / Kirsi Eskelinen -- Jacopo Bassano and the interpretation of 'naturale' in Venetian portrait painting / Luisa Attardi -- Catalogue / edited by Kersti Tainio -- Bassano Family tree.