Titian
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Love, Desire, Death
Matthias Wivel; With contributions by Beverly Louise Brown, Jill Dunkerton, Paul Hills, Lelia Packer, Javier Portús, Nathaniel Silver, and Aidan Weston-Lewis
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A New York Times best art book of 2021
Titian (active 1506–1576) produced a masterful group of paintings for Philip II of Spain, celebrating the loves of gods, goddesses, and mortals. Depicting scenes from Ovid’s narrative poem Metamorphoses, Titian named them “poesie” and considered the works as visual equivalents of poetry. This volume presents a detailed study of the complete series—Danaë, Venus and Adonis, Perseus and Andromeda, Diana and Actaeon, Diana and Callisto, and The Rape of Europa, as well as The Death of Actaeon—lavishly illustrated with details of these emotionally charged paintings. The book explores Titian’s creative process and technique, in addition to his use of literary and visual sources and his correspondence with Philip II. The artistic legacy of the series for later European painting is also examined in the works of artists such as Rubens, Velázquez, and Rembrandt. Offering the most comprehensive overview of these remarkable works, Titian: Love, Desire, Death is an indispensable resource for scholars and admirers of Renaissance painting.
Titian (active 1506–1576) produced a masterful group of paintings for Philip II of Spain, celebrating the loves of gods, goddesses, and mortals. Depicting scenes from Ovid’s narrative poem Metamorphoses, Titian named them “poesie” and considered the works as visual equivalents of poetry. This volume presents a detailed study of the complete series—Danaë, Venus and Adonis, Perseus and Andromeda, Diana and Actaeon, Diana and Callisto, and The Rape of Europa, as well as The Death of Actaeon—lavishly illustrated with details of these emotionally charged paintings. The book explores Titian’s creative process and technique, in addition to his use of literary and visual sources and his correspondence with Philip II. The artistic legacy of the series for later European painting is also examined in the works of artists such as Rubens, Velázquez, and Rembrandt. Offering the most comprehensive overview of these remarkable works, Titian: Love, Desire, Death is an indispensable resource for scholars and admirers of Renaissance painting.
Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
National Gallery, London
(March 16–June 14, 2020)
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
(July 11–September 27, 2020)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(February 11–May 9, 2021)
(March 16–June 14, 2020)
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
(July 11–September 27, 2020)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(February 11–May 9, 2021)
Matthias Wivel is curator of 16th-century Italian paintings at the National Gallery, London.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
National Gallery, London
(March 16–June 14, 2020)
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
(July 11–September 27, 2020)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(February 11–May 9, 2021)
(March 16–June 14, 2020)
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
(July 11–September 27, 2020)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(February 11–May 9, 2021)
“The catalogue to the National Gallery’s superlative show of Titian’s magnificent poesie cycle of paintings explores the stories of the seven canvases that were brought together for this year to be seen, possibly for the first time, as the painter originally intended.”—Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times ‘Best Art Books of the Year 2020’
ISBN: 9781857096552
Publication Date: May 19, 2020
Publishing Partner: Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
Publication Date: May 19, 2020
Publishing Partner: Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
232 pages, 9 x 11
165 color + b/w illus.
165 color + b/w illus.
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