Transfiguration of Christ

Giovanni Bellini's Transfiguration of Christ, painted around 1478 and now in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, depicts the moment when Christ revealed his divine glory to Peter, James, and John on Mount Tabor. Bellini's treatment of the Transfiguration exploits the subject's potential for exploring radiant light—the divine illumination streaming from Christ's figure anticipates the atmospheric luminosity of his later work and the tradition of Venetian colorism.

Bellini uses the Transfiguration theme to explore divine radiance, with warm, golden light emanating from Christ and suffusing the landscape, demonstrating his growing command of atmospheric effects through the oil medium.