Word: titian
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...century Cathedral of San Lorenzo and the nearby Chiesa del Gesu, which houses two paintings by Rubens. A major exhibit of paintings and manuscripts, "Travel in Italy: a Magic March from the 1500s to the 1900s," at the Palazzo Ducale through July 29, features works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Tiepolo, Titian and other greats. On Via Garibaldi, you will find both the Palazzo Bianco and the Palazzo Rosso, two museums with excellent collections of Flemish and Dutch paintings...
...likings. The painters he really disliked relied on color and modeling by tone, "broken lines, broken masses, and broken colors. Their art is to lose form." Whereas his was "to find form, and to keep it"--by means of pure outline drawing. The villains of his scheme were Titian, Rubens and Rembrandt: "a class of artists, whose whole art is fabricated for the purpose of destroying art." True art was linear, clear, like Raphael, Durer, Michelangelo and antique sculpture--and, Blake didn't hesitate to add, his own. The very thought of Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the Royal Academy...
...surrounded by Madonnas and Byzantine icons, it was as if I had walked right into 14th century Renaissance Venice. Harvard Fogg Art Museum’s “Sacred and Profane Visions from Renaissance Venice,” showcasing 30 paintings and prints by Renaissance masters such as Titian and Bellini, comprising of collections from the Museum of Fine Arts to the Louvre, may quite well be one of New England’s most exciting exhibitions this year...
...Cuno’s words, the broad range of Venetian Renaissance art, coupled with the rarity of these pieces, create an extraordinary show. Spanning over 200 years of Venetian Renaissance art, the paintings range from 14th century iconic religious scenes to naturalistic portraits from the 16th century. An early Titian drawing entitled “Trees near a pool of water,” display foliage drawn in fluid, quick strokes. The subtle contrasts in tone result in a rich texture of light and shadow. Another rare drawing by Titian, entitled “The Submersion of the Pharaoh?...
...necessarily venal ones, either) and patrons (no more stupid than the ones we have today) lined up, jostling to kiss the artists' nether parts. The artists were laden with gold medals, garlands and titles of honor. They were seen as tradition incarnate, worthy successors to Rubens, Donatello and Titian. Powerful systems of taste enforcement--ministries of fine arts, academies, salons--underwrote the promise of their immortality...