Title: Titian /
Authors: Humfrey, Peter, 1947-; Titian, approximately 1488-1576.
Publisher: Phaidon,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Titian, Criticism and interpretation.; Titian, Catalogues raisonnés.; Schilderijen.; Painting, Renaissance Italy; Painters Italy; Italië.
Abstract: This publication presents a catalogue raisonné of the ouevre of an artist who has determined the history of art. It is aimed at both specialised readers and at a wider public.
Contents: Introduction : Titian and the art of painting -- From the mountains to the lagoon : artistic beginnings, before 1511 -- Leader in waiting : the early maturity, 1511-17 -- Triumph in Venice and Ferrara : the great Venetian altarpieces and the mythologies for Alfonso d'Este -- At the courts of Mantua and Urbino : working for the North Italian Dukes -- Painter to the Serenissima : Titian at home in Biri Grande -- 'Vecellio Apelles' : the visits to Rome and Augsburg -- In the service of the King of Spain : mythological and devotional pictures for Philip II -- Twilight in Venice : the late career, 1551-76 -- Epilogue : Titian's legacy -- Chronology.