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See also:PARIS See also:BORDONE (1495-1570) , Venetian painter, was See also:born at Treviso, and entered the bottega of See also:Titian in 1509 . See also:Vasari, to whom we are indebted for nearly all the facts of See also:Bordone's See also:life—later See also:research has not added much to our knowledge—holds that he did not spend many years with Titian and set himself to imitate the manner of See also:Giorgione to the utmost of his See also:power . As a See also:matter of fact, the Giorgionesque traits in Bordone's earlier See also:works are derived entirely from Titian, whom he imitated so closely that to this See also:day some of his paintings pass under Titian's name . See also:Crowe and Cavalcaselle and Dr See also:Bode ascribe to Bordone the " See also:Baptism of See also:Christ " in the Capitoline See also:gallery, but See also:Morelli See also:sees in it an See also:early See also:work of Titian . See also:Paris Bordone subsequently executed many important mural paintings in See also:Venice, Treviso and See also:Vicenza, all of which have perished . In 1538 he was invited to See also:France by See also:Francis I., at whose See also:court he painted many portraits, though no trace of them is to be found in See also:French collections, the two portraits at the Louvre being later acquisitions . On his return See also:journey he undertook works of See also:great importance for the See also:Fugger See also:palace at See also:Augsburg, which again have been lost sight of . Bordone's pictures are of very unequal merit . They have a certain See also:nobility of See also:style, and that See also:golden See also:harmony of See also:colour which he derived from Titian, together with the realistic conception of the human figure and the dignified See also:character of his See also:portraiture . On the other See also:hand, his nudes are a little coarse in See also:form, and the See also:action of his figures is frequently unnatural and affected . A true See also:child of the See also:Renaissance, he also painted a number of religious pictures, numerous mythological scenes, allegories, See also:nymphs, cupids and subjects from See also:Ovid's fables, but he excelled as a portraitist . His See also:principal surviving work is the "Fisherman and See also:Doge" at the Venice See also:Academy . The See also:National Gallery, See also:London, has a " See also:Daphnis and Chloe" and a portrait of a See also:lady, whilst a "See also:Holy See also:Family" from his See also:brush is at See also:Bridgwater See also:House . Other important works of his are the " Madonna " in the Tadini collection at See also:Lovere, the paintings in the Duomo of Treviso, two mythological pictures at the See also:Villa See also:Borghese and the See also:Doria palace in See also:Rome, the " See also:Chess Players " in See also:Berlin, a very little-known portrait of superb quality in the See also:possession of the See also:landgrave of See also:Hesse at Kronberg, and a " Baptism of Christ " in See also:Philadelphia . Besides these, there are examples of his See also:art in See also:Bergamo, See also:Milan, See also:Genoa, See also:Padua, See also:Siena, Venice, See also:Florence, See also:Munich, See also:Dresden and See also:Vienna . Beyond some references in See also:general works on See also:Italian See also:painting, very little has been written on Paris Bordone since the days of Vasari . In 1900 the See also:committee of the See also:fourth See also:centenary of Paris Bordone, Treviso, published L . Barlo and G . Biscaro's Della Vita e delle Opere di Paris Bordone; and the Nuova Antologia (See also:November 16, 1900) , contains a sixteen-See also:page See also:paper on Paris Bordone by P . G . Molmenti . (P . G . |
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