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Monday
Apr282014

Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

DateMonday, April 28, 2014 at 11:20AM

Titian - Noli Me Tangere, 1511-12, National Gallery, London (click photo for larger image)Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488-1576) more commonly known as Titian, is considered the greatest Italian painter of the Venetian school. He was recognized early in his own lifetime as a supremely great painter, and his reputation has in the intervening centuries never suffered a decline. In 1590, the art theorist Giovanni Lomazzo declared him “the sun amidst small stars not only among the Italians but all the painters of the world.” Like rivals Florence and Rome, Venice enjoyed periods of importance and influence in the continuum of western European art. But in each period the outstanding Venetian characteristic has remained constant—a love of light and color.

IMAGE 418 TITIAN: Titian - Noli Me Tangere, 1511-12, National Gallery, London

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE


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