Paolo Pino (1534–1565) was an Italian painter and art writer. He was born in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
. A student of
Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, also called Girolamo da Brescia (c. 1480–1485 – after 1548), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active mostly in Venice, although he also worked in other cities in northern Italy. He is noted for his subtle use ...
, he wrote the "Dialogo di pittura" (1548), which affirmed the supremacy of the
Venetian School over the
Florentine School
Florentine painting or the Florentine School refers to artists in, from, or influenced by the naturalistic style developed in Florence in the 14th century, largely through the efforts of Giotto di Bondone, and in the 15th century the leading scho ...
and anticipated some aspects of the
Mannerist
Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...
style.
Works
Writings
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Paintings
*''Portrait of a collector'',
Musée des Beaux-Arts,
Chambéry
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, France.
''Portrait of Doctor Coignati'' 1534,
Uffizi
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Sources
Bibl. : Gilbert Creighton, « Antique Framework for Renaissance Art Theory : Alberti and Pino », Marsyas 3 (1946).
1534 births
1565 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Venice
Italian male non-fiction writers
Italian art historians
Artist authors
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