Titian
Published on 13. October 2007
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7148-4258-5 (ISBN)
Description
Peter Humfrey's engaging monograph offers an informative overview to the life and works of Titian, one of the most successful Italian painters of the sixteenth century. Renowned for his extraordinary use of colour, among other skills, Titian was not only in demand as a portrait and landscape painter but was also commissioned to paint a wide variety of religious and mythological subjects, working for patrons as prominent as the pope, the German emperor and the King of Spain.
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Person
Peter Humfrey is Professor of Art History at the University of St Andrews, where he has taught since 1977. He is the author of numerous publications on Venetian Renaissance painting and was co-author of the catalogue of the
Age of Titian
exhibition, held at the National Gallery of Scotland in 2004.
Content
Introduction / Chapter 1. From the Mountains to the Lagoon Artistic Beginnings, before 1511 / Chapter 2. Leader in Waiting The Early Maturity, 1511-17 / Chapter 3. Triumph in Venice and Ferrara The Great Venetian Altarpieces and the Mythologies for Alfonso d'Este / Chapter 4. At the Courts of Mantua and Urbino Working for the North Italian Dukes / Chapter 5. Painter to the Serenissima Titian at Home in Biri Grande / Chapter 6. 'Vecellio Apelles' The Visits to Rome and Augsburg / Chapter 7. In the Service of the King of Spain Mythological and Devotional Pictures for Philip II / Chapter 8. Twilight in Venice The Late Career, 1551-76 / Epilogue Titian's Legacy / Glossary / Brief Biographies / Key Dates / Map / Further Reading / Index / Acknowledgements