Sublime Truth and the Senses
Subtitle: Titian's Poesie for King Philip II of Spain
Publisher: Brepols Publishers; Harvey Miller
Published: Jun 27, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781909400276
Description: In this study Marie Tanner examines the ways in which Titian incorporates new concepts of sensuality and spirituality in the mythological paintings of King Philip II of Spain, whose originality and ravishing beauty belie their actual their didactic content.  Titian's mythological paintings for Philip II, known as the Poesie, are among the most frequently discussed works of art that address a favored Renaissance theme, the influence of the pagan gods on human actions. The commission is traceable to 1549, when Emperor Charles V summoned the artist to Augsburg following Prince Philip's triumphal parade through the empire as his father's heir apparent.  The author proposes that Philip's expected elevation prompted the commission and that the subjects form a cohesive program of Hapsburg ethical views and political concerns, and that Titian created new visual idioms to represent the complex issues which the subjects address in part by engaging themes with a significant prior history in family patronage. While Titian's Poesie for Philip II are well known monuments of western culture, they have never before been investigated with this focus.
Notes: Source title: Sublime Truth and the Senses: Titian's Poesie for King Philip II of Spain (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History) (English, Italian and Latin Edition)