LIVES OF TITIAN

Titian (c. 1488-1576) was recognized very early on asthe leading painter of his generation in Venice. Starting in the studio of the aged Giovanni Bellini,Titian, with his contemporary Giorgione, almost immediately started to expand the range of what was possible i n painting, converting Bellini's statuesque style into something far more impressionistic and romantic. This restless spirit of inno vation and improvisation never left him, and during his long lifehe experimented with a number of different styles, the brushwork of his last...[Llegir més]