Titian

The life and times of Titian
==Titian, whose name in Italian is [|Tiziano Vecellio], was born in [|Pieve Di Cadore], north of Venice and about 110 km away from the Alps. His date of birth, by his own account is 1477; many modern scholars prefer to advance that date to about 1487. He lived in the high Renaissance but died in the late Renaissance. In the course of his very long career he developed a free and expressive technique that revolutionized the art of painting, for he was the first to show how brushwork could be used as a base. Titian was also one of the first painters to realize that the dry canvas is better in many respects than a wooden panel. == == Titian worked with many great painters, like Giovanni Bellini, who tutored him in his early years when he was still illiterate. Many of his early paintings, are rumored to be partially painted by Giovanni, but we do not know this for a fact. So we can only guess that Giovanni provided Titian with lodging and technically became his "son", or cousin in law, because of Giovanni's age at the time. ==

==Unfortunately, Titian's frescoes survive only in ruined fragments so, historians have had to put them together piece by piece, like a giant jigsaw puzzle. In addition to his frescoes, Titian also painted great paintings in Venice. Most of his paintings are in the Louvre and in Venice. A few were sold recently in the U.K to a private collector for over two hundred million British pounds. This shows the value of Titian's paintings. == ==Titian was the most important painter of Venice and he was the painter of the Pope, and both the Holy Roman Emperor and Francis I, first king of unified France. The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was not a handsome man, but when he saw Titan's portrait of his himself, he declared that he would be painted by no one else. As well as making Titian his chief painter, he also knighted Titian, now Sir. Titian. Thus, Titans fame soared to unchecked heights. ==

==Now we move on to his greatest painting, Venus of Urbino. Notice the detail in which he displays the background, and the vanishing points next to the flowerpot, and the girl sobbing in the background. The drapery and the pattern on the pillowcase it is amazing. There is one more 'faultless' painting that Titian paints, titled "The Rape of Europa." See the vivid colors that strike the onlooker and the cherubs that dance above, mocking her == ==<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Titian is one of the best painter of the canvas, along with his major influence, Botticelli, who died in 1510. This relates to many of El Grecco paintings, which is not surprising considering that Titian tutored him. In fact Titian tutored many famous artists, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 110%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">like T <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">intoretto, Paris Bordon, Parrasio Micheli, Damiano Mazza and Polidoro Lanita <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">, and many great artists. He also respected Bosch, a Belgian painte **  r.  **   <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 110%;">  == ====<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 110%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 110%;">So ends the life on Titian, Venetian, great painter and a remarkable Renaissance man who was a beacon of light for all other western artists. ** ====


 * ===//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**In the Venus of Urbino (1538-39) Titian based the pose of the figure on an earlier painting by** //Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, Giorgione //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**. This painting embodies the rich color and tone for which Titian was famous; its picture composition is amazing and unrivaled** //=== ||
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