Giovanni Bellini was born in Venice, Italy in 1430. He was born into a family of painters. When he was young, he was trained in his father’s studio. His father and his brother-in-law were Italian Renaissance painters and they both helped Bellini with Renaissance art. The Bellini’s family was one of the successful painters in the Italian Renaissance. Bellini painted mostly religious paintings. One of the reasons why Bellini was so successful was because of the different techniques in his paintings. Bellini used light and shade to do various effects and the colors he used makes the paintings radiant. He paid attention to the different types of shapes and many aspects of love. He brought realism to a whole new level. All of his painting has a lot of depth and detail. Also, his paintings gave the audience a better understanding of human beings’ way of life (Beckett and Wright).
Bellini was an artist who was particularly interested in motherhood, and he painted Madonnas as his way of expressing this interest. The Madonna of the Meadow was painted between 1500 and 1505. In this painting, Jesus is laying on Madonna’s lap. Madonna and Jesus are in a pyramidal shape. This scene displays the farm and hills of Venice, using perspective and a vanishing point. On the left of the painting, there’s a bird that is attacking a snake. This might be a symbol of the good and the evil. The black bird on the tree is a symbol of the death of Jesus. The painting has been transferred from panel to canvas and is damaged in places. In this painting, Madonna is looking down at Jesus sadly. Jesus is naked and looks very vulnerable. He is protected by Madonna even though he is, essentially, God. It shows us that without the mother’s protection, Jesus wouldn't be able to live.
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