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Tiziano Vecellio (Italian: [titˈtsjaːno veˈtʃɛlljo]; c. 1488/90 [1] – 27 August 1576), [2] Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian (/ ˈ t ɪ ʃ ən / ⓘ TISH-ən), was an Italian Renaissance painter, [a] the most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting.
Tiziano Vecellio (ca. 1485/90?–1576), known as Titian, was the greatest Venetian artist of the sixteenth century, eventually gaining international fame. Titian is known above all for his remarkable use of color; his painterly approach was highly influential well into the seventeenth century.
Aug 23, 2024 · Titian (born 1488/90, Pieve di Cadore, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died August 27, 1576, Venice) was the greatest Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. He was recognized early in his own lifetime as a supremely talented painter, and his reputation has in the intervening centuries never suffered a decline.
- Titian is widely considered the greatest Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. He was recognized early in his own lifetime as a supre...
- Italian painter Titian was born in the small village of Pieve di Cadore, located high amid mountain peaks of the Alps, straight north of Venice and...
- Italian painter Titian initially apprenticed with Sebastiano Zuccato, a master of mosaics, in Venice. He soon passed to the workshop of the Bellini...
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (1488/1490 - 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian, was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (in Veneto, Republic of Venice).
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) was born in Pieve di Cadore, a small town at the foot of the Dolomites on the Venetian side of the Alps. The Vecellios had been based in Cadore since the 14th century. Titian’s father, Gregorio, was a military man.
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) Pieve di Cadore, Belluno, Veneto (Italy), ca. 1490 - Venice (Italy), 1576. Born to an important family from Cadore, Titan arrived in Venice around 1500-1502. There, after first working in Giovanni Bellini’s workshop, he entered that of his older brother Gentile Bellini.
Venus and Adonis. Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) Italian. 1550s. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 608. Tales from Ovid’s Metamorphoses inspired Titian to paint what he called poesie, or poetry in paint. Here, Venus tries to stop her lover from departing for the hunt, fearing—correctly—that he would be killed.
