Titian: a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter

Titian: a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter

The Flora, the Bella and the Philip II. show the painters most characteristic work in portraiture, while the Pesaro Madonna, the Assumption, and the Christ of the Tribute Money stand for his highest achievement in sacred art. There is no greater name in Italian arttherefore no greater in artthan that of Titian. These words of the distinguished art critic, Claude Phillips, express the verdict of more than three centuries. It is agreed that no other painter ever united in himself so many qualities of artistic merit. Other painters may have equalled him in particular respects, but rounded completeness, quoting another critics phrase, is what stamps Titian as a master. [1] To begin with the qualities which are apparent even in black and white reproduction, we are impressed at once with the vitality which informs all his figures. They are breathing human beings, of real flesh and blood, pulsing with life. They represent all classes and conditions, from such royal sitters as Charles V. and Philip II. to the peasants and boatmen who served as models for St. Christopher, St. John, and the Pharisee of the Tribute Money. They portray, too, every age: the tender infancy of the Christ child, the girlhood of the Virgin, the dawning manhood of the Man with the Glove, the maidenhood of Medea, the young motherhood of Mary, the virile middle life of Venetian Senators, the noble old age of St. Jerome and St. Peter, each is set vividly before us. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 40251
Author: Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)
Release Date: Jul 16, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Titian, 1488?-1576