TITIAN

Few individuals have had a greater influence on the development of Western painting than the celebrated sixteenth-century Venetian artist Titian (c. 1480–1576). His vibrant colors and masterful brushwork have made his work a constant inspiration to artists, from Rubens to the Impressionists and beyond. Every generation has found something new to admire in his astonishing technique, which enabled him to produce fresh interpretations of the most familiar religious and mythological stories as well as portraits and landscapes. Written by some of the world’s most renowned Titian scholars, this beautifully illustrated book accompanies a major exhibition devoted to the work of this extraordinary artist. Authoritative essays on Titian’s life and times, portraits, replicas, and technique provide the background for a detailed examination of over 40 of his greatest masterpieces—works that provide evidence of Titian’s genius as a stylistic innovator and supreme manipulator of paint.

Charles Hope is Director of the Warburg Institute and Professor of the History of the Classical Tradition at the University of London. Jennifer Fletcher was Senior Lecturer at the Courtauld Institute until September 2002. Jill Dunkerton is Restorer in the Conservation Department at the National Gallery. Miguel Falomir is Head Curator of Italian Renaissance Painting at the Prado, Madrid. David Jaffé is Senior Curator at the National Gallery. Nicholas Penny is Senior Curator of Sculpture at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Caroline Campbell is Assistant Curator of Renaissance Paintings at the National Gallery.