Titian
Subtitle: his life
By: Sheila Hale
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 832
ISBN-13: 9780060598761
Subjects: Painters; Biography
Description: A biography of the Venetian artist, Titian and the evolution of his paintings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 789-802) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1488/90-1518. Mountains; title: The most triumphant city; title: The painter's Venice; title: Myths of Venice; title: The Fondaco, Giorgione, and the modern manner; title: Miracles and disasters; title: 'Some little bit of fame'; title: 'His industrious brush' : pentimenti and portraits; title: Sacred and profane; title: 1518-1530. Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara; title: Bacchus and Ariadne; title: A new Doge, a river of wine, and marriage; title: The fall of a world; title: The triumvirate of taste; title: Caesar in Italy; title: The most beautiful thing in Italy; title: 1530-1542. The portrait of Cornelia; title: The house in Biri Grande; title: The most powerful ruler in the world; title: The Venus of Urbino; title: The Roman emperors; title: The writers' Venice; title: An old battle and a new war; title: Titian in his fifties; title: 1543-1562. Aretino plays Pontius Pilate; title: The last great pope of the Renaissance; title: A miracle of nature; title: Rome; title: A matter of religion; title: Augsburg; title: The prince and the painter; title: Venus and Adonis; title: The passing of the leviathans; title: The Diana poems; title: The Rape of Europa; title: 1562-1576. A factory of images; title: The Spider King; title: The biographer, the art dealer, and the King's Annus Horribilis; title: Wars; title: 'In this my old age'; title: Another way of using colour'; title: The plague and the pity; title: Titian's legacy.