Art

Titian (1490-1576)

ne of the greatest artists of the Renaissance, Titian gained recognition in his life as a truely great painter. His reputation continued long after his death, sparking many great masters to imitate his artistic genius. His famous works include the religious, which cover the full range of the human emotional spectrum from some of his Madonnas to "Crucifixion" and the "Entombment." He also painted noteworthy mythological works such as "Venus and Adonis" and "Denae with Nursemaid." In these paintings, he set a standard for physical beauty that has rarely been surpased. At a very young age, the son of a town official set out with his brother to become an apprentice with a master of mosaics. He soon moved on to study with Giovanni Bellini, the greatest Venetian painter of his day.

Titian's first independent commission was the frescoes of the three miracles at St. Anthony of Padua. After that point, Titian's career took off. He married and had two sons and two daughters. More of his famous works were "Worship of Venus," "The Andrians," "Bacchus and Aridne," "Assumption," "Pesaro Madonna," and many more, including many portraits from his commissions among the wealthy and elite.