Paolo Veronese
Biography:
The famous painter known as Paolo Veronese, was born in the year 1528 baptized as Paolo Cagliari, in Verona, Italy.
It was in his native land that the artist became what would later become one of the best Italian painters. In the year 1556, Paolo settled permanently in Venice, where he developed his art, being one of the leading figures of the Venetian school. And from the year 1541 he has become a disciple and assistant of Antonio Badile from Veronese, with whose daughter named Elena he later married.
The artist during the following years has continued with his excellent work in painting, and in 1555 he received his first representative commission in Venice, which consisted of the decoration of the sacristy and the ceilings of the church of San Sebastián, there Paolo creates a cycle of paintings with perspective which he calls “sotto in sù”.
After a while, he traveled to Rome to study the ceilings of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, the influence of which was noticeable in later works, such as the frescoes in the Villa Barbaro, in Maser. And it has been this collaboration that has lived as an experience, between Veronese and Palladio that has influenced the architectures that are represented in his later paintings.
In the decade that has continued, at the beginning of the 1570s the Cuccina family, a prestigious family in the region, commissioned him a series of large-format paintings on the biblical themes “The Virgin and the Cuccina family”, “Adoration of the Reyes “,” Bodas de Cana “and” Camino del Calvario “, in which Veronese represents a renewed style, deepening the color and increasing the chiaroscuro. These four are in the Dresden Gallery.
Later, precisely in 1573, due to the interpretation of his paintings, the artist Veronese was brought before the court of the Inquisition, due to the fact that religious themes were represented in a profane way in his paintings.
By fully defining his own style, Paolo has learned from the great Venetians, Tintoretto and Titian, as well as the painters of Emilia, such as Parmigianino. This man is considered the creator, along with Titian, of a sumptuous and colorful taste, which in Venice lasted until the 18th century.
Veronese has always had a preference for large formats, his style is characterized by luxury, the classical architecture that frames his scenes and the rich yet soft colors. It is possible to persuade in his paintings the treatment of color that anticipates the French painting of the nineteenth century, Paolo prefers cold and light tones such as gray, silver, blue and yellow.
With regard to its theme, it was characterized by being religious but represents biblical scenes in the manner of the great Venetian festivals, thus reflecting the joie de vivre and the splendor of the republic of the doges. In his paintings you can see the details in the lavish costumes and the sumptuous atmosphere.
Regarding his technique, the artist uses a light filling, which allows countless transparencies, he is interested in the perfection of the drawing.
Finally, this artist has been considered one of the most outstanding artists of the Venetian school, although of an undeniable mannerism. Its significance in the later style has made it possible to classify his pre-baroque work, in particular by the elegance of the form, his taste for diaphanous atmospheres and the decorative sense of the composition. Veronese has influenced later painters such as Rubens, Tiepolo, and other Baroque painters.
His paintings have been all of great dimensions, with highly studied compositions, ostentatious in character and theatrical air, in which a number of figures bustle, general characters that proclaim a great genius of painting, as well as the richness of his color under a soft golden atmosphere.
Construction site
- (1563) The Wedding at Cana
- (1548) Christ among the doctors
- (1565) The family of Darío before Alexander
- (1561) Giustiana Barbaro and her nurse
- (1562) Baptism of Christ
- (1562) Madonna with saints
- (1563) The Wedding at Cana
- (1565) Mars and Venus united by Love
- (1565) The family of Darío before Alexander
- (1575) Moses saved from the waters of the Nile
- (1570) Healing of hemorrhoids
- (1571) The Virgin and the Cuccina family
- (1573) Dinner at the house of Levi or Dinner at the house of Simon Pharisee
- (1580) Allegory of Love
- (1580) Venus and Adonis
- (1580) Allegory of Virtue and Vice
- (1580) Saint Anthony preaching to the fish
- (1580) Christ in the Garden of Olives