Titian
His Life
1st Edition
Published on 20. November 2012
864 pages
978-0-06-221813-1 (ISBN)
Description
The first definitive biography of the master painter in more than a century, Titian: His Life is being hailed as a "e,landmark achievement"e, for critically acclaimed author Sheila Hale (Publishers Weekly). Brilliant in its interpretation of the 16th-century master's paintings, this monumental biography of Titian draws on contemporary accounts and recent art historical research and scholarship, some of it previously unpublished, providing an unparalleled portrait of the artist, as well as a fascinating rendering of Venice as a center of culture, commerce, and power. Sheila Hale's Titian is destined to be this century's authoritative text on the life of greatest painter of the Italian High Renaissance.
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Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- A Note on Money
- List of Illustrations
- Titian's Family Tree
- PART I: 1488/90-1518
- ONE - Mountains
- TWO - The Most Triumphant City
- THREE - The Painter's Venice
- FOUR - Myths of Venice
- FIVE - The Fondaco, Giorgione and the Modern Manner
- SIX - Miracles and Disasters
- SEVEN - 'Some Little Bit of Fame'
- EIGHT - 'His Industrious Brush': Pentimenti and Portraits
- NINE - Sacred and Profane
- PART II: 1518-1530
- ONE - Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
- TWO - Bacchus and Ariadne
- THREE - A New Doge, a River of Wine and Marriage
- FOUR - The Fall of a World
- FIVE - The Triumvirate of Taste
- SIX - Caesar in Italy
- SEVEN - The Most Beautiful Thing in Italy
- PART III: 1530-1542
- ONE - The Portrait of Cornelia
- TWO - The House in Biri Grande
- THREE - The Most Powerful Ruler in the World
- FOUR - The Venus of Urbino
- FIVE - The Roman Emperors
- SIX - The Writers' Venice
- SEVEN - An Old Battle and a New War
- EIGHT - Titian in his Fifties
- PART IV: 1543-1562
- ONE - Aretino Plays Pontius Pilate
- TWO - The Last Great Pope of the Renaissance
- THREE - A Miracle of Nature
- FOUR - Rome
- FIVE - A Matter of Religion
- SIX - Augsburg
- SEVEN - The Prince and the Painter
- EIGHT - Venus and Adonis
- NINE - The Passing of the Leviathans
- TEN - The Diana Poems
- ELEVEN - The Rape of Europa
- PART V: 1562-1576
- ONE - A Factory of Images
- TWO - The Spider King
- THREE - The Biographer, the Art Dealer and the King's Annus Horribilis
- FOUR - Wars
- FIVE - 'In This my Old Age'
- SIX - Another Way of Using Colour
- SEVEN - The Plague and the Pity
- Titian's Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Appendix: Locations of Paintings
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- Inserts
- About the Author
- Also by Sheila Hale
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
