The Warburg Institute 'Divine proportion' in Renaissance Venice: Bellini, Carpaccio and Luca Pacioli Paul Hills (Professor Emeritus, The Courtauld Institute of Art) Venetian painting around 1500 is marked by a distinctive geometry. In this lecture, Professor Paul Hills explores the synergy between the artistic Euclidian culture of the Venetian Republic, broadly from the arrival of Giorgio Valla in 1481 through to the publication of Luca Pacioli's Divina proportione in 1509. Examining a number of works by Bellini and Carpaccio, I suggest how the emphasis on geometry and 'divine proportion' confirms the arrival of what Belting termed 'the era of art'. This is the first lecture in the Director's Seminar Series.