Titian: His Life
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006059876X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 864 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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He had an unrivaled mastery of using blacks, whites, and flesh tones; modeling with light and shade; and creating exquisitely painted hands, and an interest in the personality and status of his sitters. Titian had intelligence, poise, and wit, and he displayed a forceful, self-assured, shrewd and charismatic personality. Only half of Titian’s 500–600 precious paintings survive; the rest were destroyed by vandalism, theft, fire, flood, shipwreck, earthquake, and war. Her detailed descriptions effectively evoke the paintings’ iconographic meaning. Hale’s thorough research, judicious examination of evidence, lucid narrative style, and perceptive and illuminating interpretations of the major works are worthy of her great subject. And she concludes, If the
Sheila Hale's Titian is destined to be this century's authoritative text on the life of greatest painter of the Italian High Renaissance.. Brilliant in its interpretation of the 16th-century master's paintings, this monumental biography of Titian draws on contemporary accounts and recent art historical research and scholarship, some of it previously unpublished, providing an unparalleled portrait of the artist, as well as a fascinating rendering of Venice as a center of culture, commerce, and power. The first definitive biography of the master painter in more than a century, Titian: His Life is being hailed as a "landmark achievement" for critically acclaimed author Sheila Hale (Publishers Weekly)
A Biography of Titian and 15th Century Venice Sheila Hale is an expert on Venice and the Renaissance. Her expertise is obvious in Titian: His Life, a biography of Titian and the 15th Century Venice where he lived. And what a life it was - long, productive, and during very interesting times. Titian was born shortly before Columbus discovered. A thrilling journey through 16th century Venice Amazon Customer This was tremendously fun to read. The evocation of 16th century Venice in all of its glory and horror was amazing. Ms Hale gives us an insider's view of Venetian culture, the complex and intertwined religion and politics of the era, and art in the 1500's. There are myriad fascinating verbal por. Titian is a magisterial new biography of Venetian Renaissance master of painting and the turburlent world in which he worked Titian is the monumental new biography of the Venetian Renaissance master by Sheila Hale. The huge biography (736 pages of text) in the hardback edition is a richly evocative and detailed look at Titian's long life but also the life of Venice. The artist was born Tiziano Velecci in the Dolomite