Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice

Ilchman, Frederick (editor); Rosand, David; Borean, Linda; Brown, Patricia; Garton, John (contributors)

ISBN 10: 1848220227 / ISBN 13: 9781848220225

Published by MFA Publications 2009, Boston, 2009

Still shrinkwrapped. Accompanying an exhibition of the same name at the MFA in Boston, which is the first major exhibition dedicated to the artistic rivalry of the three greatest Venetian painters of the sixteenth century. This was at a time when Venice was one of the richest and largest cities in Europe and demand for paintings was a fertile climate for competition and innovation. Essays range from examinations of new techniques to essential institutions such as state commissions and the patronage system. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 9781848220225 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. Seller Inventory # 76432

Synopsis:

For nearly four decades in the 16th century, the careers of Venice's three greatest painters - Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese - overlapped, producing mutual influences and bitter rivalries that changed the course of art history. Venice was then among Europe's richest cities, and its plentiful commissions fostered an exceptionally fertile and innovative climate. In this climate, the three artists - brilliant, ambitious and fiercely competitive - vied with each other for primacy, deploying such new media as oil on canvas, with its unique expressive possibilities, and such new approaches as a personal and identifiable 'signature style'. They also pioneered the use of easel painting, a newly portable format that led to unprecedented fame in their lifetimes. With over 150 stunning examples by the three masters and their contemporaries, ""Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese"" elucidates the technical and aesthetic innovations that helped define the uniquely rich 'Venetian style', as well as the social, political and economic context in which it flourished. The essays range from examinations of seminal new techniques to such crucial institutions as state commissions and the patronage system. Most of all, by concentrating on the lives and careers of Venice's three greatest painters, the volume paints an equally vibrant human portrait - one brimming with savage rivalry, one-upmanship, humour and passion.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in ...
Publisher: MFA Publications 2009, Boston
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New