Tiziano Vecellio, or Titian, the Italian painter, draughtsman and printmaker, was not only immensely successful in his lifetime but since his death has always been considered the greatest painter of the Venetian school. Equally pre-eminent in all the branches of painting practised in the 16th century - from religious subjects and portraits to allegories, scenes from Classical mythology, and history - his work illuminates more clearly than that of any other painter the fundamental transition from the 15th- to 16th-century traditions. This fully illustrated Grove Art Essentials title follows Titian's life from his early training through his many commissions for royal and noble patrons and details the artist's formative influence on the major European painters of the 17th century, later critical reception, and posthumous reputation.

Titian [Vecellio, Tiziano]
I. Life and painted work.
1. Training and early work, to 1515.
2. Early success, 1516mid-1540s.
(i) Religious and mythological pictures.
(a) Venice.
(b) Ferrara and Mantua.
(c) Urbino.
(d) Elsewhere.
(ii) Portraits.
3. 'Late style', mid-1540s and after.
(i) Religious and mythological pictures.
(a) Work for Charles V.
(b) Work for Philip II and related late paintings.
(ii) Portraits.
II. Graphic arts.
1. Drawings.
2. Prints.
III. Working methods and technique.
IV. Critical reception and posthumous reputation.
Bibliography
Early sources
General
Monographs
Exhibition catalogues and symposia
Specialist studies
Drawings
Materials and technique
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