INDIANAPOLIS, IN.-The Indianapolis Museum of Art presents Giovanni Bellini and the Art of Devotion, on view through October 30, 2005. Giovanni Bellini was the leading artist of the early Renaissance in Venice and the master of the largest workshop of any painter in Italy. This installation of three paintings from the IMA’s collection focuses on the practice of painting in Bellini’s workshop, with particular emphasis on how images of the Madonna and Child were created and copied to meet the needs of private devotion. Making extensive use of technical documents such as X-radiographs, infrared reflectograms, and paint cross sections, it introduces visitors to the materials and working methods of the Renaissance painter and to modern scientific methods used to study artistic practices. An interactive Web site in the gallery provides more comprehensive information and documents the conservation treatment of one of Bellini’s Madonnas. This installation is accompanied by a scholarly publication, Giovanni Bellini and the Art of Devotion, edited by IMA curator Ronda Kasl. Funding is provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.