Vivarini, family of Venetian painters of the mid- and late 15th century. Their work represents a transition from the traditional stylized Gothic- and Byzantine-inspired school to the more realistic Renaissance-influenced manner of the 1500s.
The brothers Antonio Vivarini (circa 1415-c. 1480) and Bartolomeo Vivarini (circa 1432-c. 1499) collaborated on religious polyptychs with linear, often stiff figures and vertical architectural backgrounds, all enclosed in ornate gilded frames.
Alvise Vivarini (circa 1446-c. 1505), son of Antonio, painted somewhat more rounded, solid human figures, and became a specialist in the crystalline, luminous style that dominated Venetian painting about 1500.

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