VITTORIO CARPACCIO

 

VITTORIO CARPACCIO

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

This post is an improvised follow-up to an earlier article on Vittore Carpaccio October 27 2019.

Vittore Carpaccio (1460-1526) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school. (‘Carpaccio’ is an Italianized form of ‘Scarpanza’ -Venetian merchant family). Nothing much is known, but he studied art under Gentile Bellini.

Carpaccio's works are remarkable for the depiction of Architecture as the setting for the scene. In spite of strong, rich and complex architecture his narrative has directness and humane touch. The architecture relies on form and the architectonic elements rather than shadows and dark-light contrasts. The religiosity of the narrated topic remains secondary in importance.

Carpaccio is called master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice. He emerged as a mature artist of originality, capturing Venice, with a sense of modernity, scenes with an innovative sense composition, and command over scenic illumination.

Carpaccio experimented with off centric vanishing point and often dual vanishing points. This could have been possible through expertise in perspective image making. 

 

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