Titian. [National Gallery Catalogue]. - Hardcover

Charles Hope; Jennifer Fletcher; Jill Dunkerton; Miguel Falomir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857099044 ISBN 13: 9781857099041

Publisher: Yale University Press / National Gallery, 2003

Synopsis

In this gorgeously illustrated book, renowned Titian scholars examine some of the celebrated artist’s masterpieces and discuss his life and times, portraits, replicas, and technique. The reproductions and text provide new evidence of Titian’s genius as a stylistic innovator.

A gem of a catalog. Interestingly written, well-documented and beautifully illustrated essays update the scholarship on particular aspects of the life and work of Titian. . . . Highly recommended.”Choice

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Synopsis

Few individuals have had a greater influence on the development of Western painting than the 16th-century Venetian artist Titian. His vibrant colours and exciting brushwork have made his work a constant inspiration to artists, from Rubens to the Impressionists and beyond. Every generation has found something new to admire in his astonishing technique, which enabled him to produce fresh interpretations of the most familiar religious and mythological stories as well as portraits and landscapes. Written by Titian scholars, this illustrated volume accompanies a monographic exhibition in Britain devoted to the work of this extraordinary artist. Authoritative essays on Titian's life and times, portraits, replicas and technique, provide the background for a detailed examination of over 40 of Titian's most famous paintings. Titian employed an extraordinary diversity of style, demonstrating a clever and frequently brilliant response to the demands of his varied clientele: from Venetian patricians and churches, to Roman cardinals and Emperors. The paintings under discussion here provide evidence of Titian's genius as a stylistic innovator and supreme manipulator of paint.

About the Author

Charles Hope is Director of the Warburg Institute and Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition at the University of London.Jennifer Fletcher was Senior Lecturer at the Courtauld Institute until September 2002.Jill Dunkerton is Restorer in the Conservation Department at the National Gallery.Miguel Falomir is Head Curator of Italian Renaissance Painting at the Prado, Madrid.David Jaffé is Senior Curator at the National Gallery. Nicholas Penny is Senior Curator of Sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.Caroline Campbell is Assistant Curator of Renaissance Paintings at the National Gallery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press / National Gallery
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1857099044
• ISBN 13: 9781857099041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: David Jaffe