Category: papers

Cretan painting was deeply rooted in Byzantine style and iconography, and therefore deeply associated with the Byzantine painted icon tradition.  As a celebrated figure of both Cretan painting and subsequently associated with the later Venetian Renaissance, El Greco was familiar with the traditional icon type as well as modernized renditions of Christian themes.  Tintoretto was… Continue reading Tintoretto, El Greco, and Sacred Space →

In 14th century Venice there seemed to be two opposing artistic traditions: the Greek Style, and those who repudiated it.  There are some aspects of the Greek Style that Paolo Veneziano appears to embrace in his rendition of Betrayal of Christ from 1345, now in the Berkeley Art Museum, with tight figural positioning and use… Continue reading Giotto and Veneziano: A Conversation →