Bellori (English spelling) Giovanni Pietro Bellori

Japanese: ベローリ（英語表記）Giovanni Pietro Bellori

Around 1613-96
An Italian art theorist of the Baroque period who took a position of classicism. Born in Rome. A collector of ancient Roman art and an archaeologist, his art theory books and biographies of painters (such as Lives of Contemporary Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, 1672) had a strong influence on art academies from the 17th to 19th centuries. He took a position of Platonist idealism, praising Raphael, Carracci, and N. Poussin, and rejecting Caravaggio and GL Bernini. [Kimura Saburo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1613ころ‐96
バロック時代のイタリアの美術理論家で，古典主義の立場に立つ。ローマ生れ。古代ローマ美術の収集家，考古学者でもあり，その美術理論書と画家の伝記(《当代の画家･彫刻家･建築家の生涯》1672など)は，17～19世紀の美術アカデミーに強い影響力をもった。プラトニズム風の理想主義の立場をとり，ラファエロ，カラッチ，N.プッサンを称揚し，カラバッジョやG.L.ベルニーニを否定した。【木村三郎】

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