Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
xxiii, 832 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-802) and index. |
Contents |
Part I: 1488/90-1518 -- Mountains -- The Most Triumphant City -- The painter's Venice -- Myths of Venice -- The Fondaco, Giorgione and the Modern Manner -- Miracles and Disasters -- 'Some Little Bit of Fame' -- 'His Industrious Brush': Pentimenti and Portraits -- Sacred and Profane -- Part II: 1518-1530 -- Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara -- Bacchus and Ariadne -- A New Doge, a River of Wine and Marriage -- The Fall of a World -- The Triumvirate of Taste -- Caesar in Italy -- The Most Beautiful Thing in Italy -- Part III: 1530-1542 -- The Portrait of Cornelia -- The House in Biri Grande -- The Most Powerful Ruler in the World -- The Venus of Urbino -- The Roman Emperors -- The Writers' Venice -- An Old Battle and a New War -- Titian in his Fifties -- Part IV: 1543-1562 -- Aretino plays Pontius Pilate -- The Last Great Pope of the Renaissance -- A Miracle of Nature -- Rome -- A Matter of Religion -- Augsburg -- The Prince and the Painter -- Venus and Adonis -- The Passing of the Leviathans -- The Diana Poems -- The Rape of Europa -- Part V: 1562-1576 -- A Factory of Images -- The Spider King -- The Biographer, the Art Dealer and the King's Annus Horribilis -- Wars -- 'In This my Old Age' -- Another Way of Using Colour -- The Plague and the Pity -- Titian's Legacy. |
Subject |
Titian, approximately 1488-1576.
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Painters -- Italy -- Venice -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780060598761: $39.99 |
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006059876X |
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