Biography of Jacopo Bassano

Scenes, colors and lights

Year of birth: 1510 13 February 1592 The five years between 1510 and 1515 is indicated the timeframe as Jacopo dal Ponte Bassano del Grappa. Jacopo di Berto's grandfather moved to Bassano del Grappa in 1464 had a tannery shop near the wooden bridge on the Brenta, hence the surname from the bridge. His father Francesco dal Ponte Vecchio is a painter with shop in the same place. Jacopo begins his training from his father that shows a real talent. It is thought that between the years 1530-1540 there was an encounter with Titian during a stay in Venice. In laguna anyway Jacopo dal Ponte-also referred to as Jacopo da Ponte or Jacopo Bassano-refine the painting technique at Bonifacio de ' Pitati. The "flight into Egypt" of 1532 marks the official debut with the characters entered into the Venetian landscape in a profound atmosphere of bright colors and compact. The plasticity of Pordenone, Jacopo negli anni ' 40 has influences of Mannerism. In 1546 married Elisabeth Maji has eight children. The middle years of the sixteenth century they see a comeback of a new naturalism, with a color whose light focuses in the focal points of the scene and St John the Baptist in the desert this technique models the shapes. The biblical-pastoral subjects deepens 1560 with the landscape in the scene. The final part of his artistic career sees a touch painting with light that permeates the colors as in the guise of Santa and anticipatory. nocturnal Lucilla Jacopo Bassano died in his hometown on 13 February 1592.
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