by Jon Lackman | 1 February 2007 | Conferences, Renaissance
In CAA Reviews, Diana Gisolfi discusses a recent symposium “Rediscovering Venetian Renaissance Painting was the closing event of several associated with the exhibition Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington … Nicholas Penny’s presentation was incisive and provocative, noting the several unsettled attributions and various significant problems of condition. Among the latter is the state of Giorgione’s Tramonte, repainted and restored ‘in cunning ways’ so that only the tail is original in the small figures of St. George and the Dragon, while the odd creature in the lower right was originally just a rock … Salvatore Settis provided a brilliant wrap-up to both the conference and the show. Due to travel risks to works and the danger of mostrismo (excess of shows), he holds that exhibitions must meet the standard of offering significant growth in knowledge and understanding both to scholars and to the public. Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting meets such criteria in its highly selective, focused, and thoughtful character.”
