"Giovanni Bellini, who lived for about 86 years (C.E.1430?–1516), went through so many different stages that one would call him a school of painting rather than a painter. His first works are still fine and dry, close to Mantegna, not free from harshness and bizarre designs; the compositions of his mature age are masterpieces, which are missing almost nothing, not even a reflection of the palette of Giorgione, his pupil, who died six years before him. This great artist, teacher of many students, traveled the entire path from Mantegna to Titian during a laborious existence. There was only one thing he lacked: the gift or taste for representing movement. (pp. 171-172)"
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