Renaissance Artist Nicknames May 15, 2008
An eminent painter who with Titian and Tintoretto dominated the Venetian art scene and whose decorative paintings positively glow with color. Interestingly, his religious paintings make no pretense of depicting the reality of the surroundings in which they should belong and make no attempt to display religious emotions. (Suite101.com)
How would Cranach feel about the RA using his nude Venus in a giant advert? Mortified May 5, 2008
The Budapest Martyrdom of St Catherine was painted circa 1505 - at the same time as, on the other side of the Alps, the young Titian was working with Giorgione - yet its sensationalism is entirely gothic. When Giorgione paints a summer storm, it's a masterful exercise in chiaroscuro; when Cranach does it, it's the over-lit backdrop to a monstrously stylish atrocity. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Italy from Bonaparte to the Belle Époque May 2, 2008
The 19th-century Italian critic Saverio Altamura expressed his envy of "those who had the good fortune not to be carrying on their shoulders the glorious but fearful legacy of Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Leonardo and a hundred other forerunners, difficult to equal and impossible to surpass.". These sentiments were shared by many Italian artists and critics throughout a century that saw the long struggle for the unification of Italy. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
If you can't get to the National Gallery... it will come to you Apr 23, 2008
People on their way out of London can now sit down at purpose-built coffee tables in the station and flick through an electronic library of images, ranging from art history blockbusters by Caravaggio, Van Gogh, Vermeer and Titian to more obscure works. They then select an image, which is projected on to a 9ft screen. (Independent)
'El Greco to Velazquez' opens today at the MFA Apr 20, 2008
Brown had held fast to the traditional view of Spain's King Philip II as the great monarch and supporter of Titian and Philip IV, his grandson, as the man who made it possible for Velazquez to thrive. Philip III. (Boston Globe)
Ferrara inaugurates a partnership with the Hermitage museum in exhibition of works by Il Garofalo Apr 19, 2008
He called on some of the greatest artists of the time - Bellini, Fra Bartolommeo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian and Dosso Dossi - each to produce for his private study a work portraying mythological scenes. Not all of them managed to do so, though Titian made use of sketches by Fra Bartolommeo and Raphael after their deaths. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Artist's baptism of fire - and water Apr 10, 2008
He cites the examples of Titian and Rembrandt. "You see two artists who towards the end of their lives had no time for technical details. What both did was they went right for the ultimate questions about human existence and non-existence, because they were both facing non-existence. And it gets clearer the older you get The urgency of what's in front of you takes precedence [over technique]. They heard that roaring of the mountain under the waterfall.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ten Best Things to Do in Cambridge Apr 3, 2008
Cambridge's main art museum has a good collection of ancient artefacts from the Egyptian and Chinese civilisations, English porcelain, and an art collection which includes works by Titian, Matisse and Picasso. A recent renovation has also improved the displays and made it a delightful place to spend an hour or two. (Suite101.com)
IlanaRaviv Receives Women of the Year Award Mar 17, 2008
"The work emanates from itself with a strong presence. Each line dictates another and each shape creates a new shape. It is built on the anatomy of art and not on the anatomy of the subject. These elements are derived from the works of maestros like Titian, Veronese, El Greco, Frans Hals, Velasques, Cezanne, Picasso, Matisse, De Kooning, as well as contemporary American artist Knox Martin. "The essence of the work revolves around discovery itself and not on illustration or description. It is art... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Sebastiano del Piombo: Giving a masterful portraitist his due Mar 15, 2008
In his own time, Sebastiano was as famous as his contemporaries Michelangelo, Raphael, Giorgione and Titian ... The young Titian adopted this innovation in a fresco cycle in Padua a year later, and Bellini himself, the grand old man of Venetian painting, represented the central figure in profile in his subsequent side altarpiece for the Crisostomo church ... Another key work, "The Judgment of Solomon," with its equally unorthodox arrangement of figures, also had a palpable effect on Titian,... (International Herald Tribune)
Showcasing the spoils of war in Sweden Mar 15, 2008
But into the 18th century, as the show recounts, Sweden stocked its libraries and museums and churches with stolen arms, books, altarpieces, textiles and art by painters like Titian and Tintoretto, D. rer and Archimboldo. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Catholic Scientists Mar 9, 2008
Titian, one of the many artists to portray the Virgin and Child, was Catholic. Goya, painter of many church frescos around spain, was Catholic. (Suite101.com)
'Ayat-ayat Cinta' survives heavy-handed treatment Mar 2, 2008
The Passion of the Christ is, and so are legendary Indonesian filmmaker Chaerul Umam's 1977 epic Al Kautsar and his 1982 critically acclaimed Titian Serambut Dibelah Tujuh (with English title, The Narrow Bridge). Each of these has a storyline which unfolds in a religious contexts, driven by religious teachings. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
A gamble on multiple divisionists Feb 27, 2008
"Crowds should return for next winter's Van Eyck to Titian. If in the meantime the enormous, blazing canvases of Radical Light - Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910 become a major hit, the gallery will be delighted. Loans are coming from museums in Italy and private collections, with an unprecedented three loans from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The only known work in a British gallery, at the Walker in Liverpool, is too fragile to travel.It has taken three years to organise, but the... (Guardian Unlimited)
Two Must-See Milan Churches Jan 22, 2008
In the second chapel on the right, a Carravaggio painting replaces the priceless Titian stolen by Napoleon's army in 1797. It was carried off to the Louvre, from which, despite Italian outcry, the French have never returned it. (Suite101.com)
The most beautiful modern painting in the world Jan 19, 2008
Matisse is one of the greatest liberators of colour in the history of art - his only equals as a colourist might be Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, Turner or Goya - and here he puts colour at the service of a great revolt. In the first decade of the 20th century, any adult - including Matisse, born in 1869 - would have grown up in the Victorian age. (Guardian Unlimited)
Acknowledging, finally, the work of women artists Jan 18, 2008
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Female nudes in the exhibition include Lotte Laserstein's "The Morning Wash," 1930. Published: January 18, 2008. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
CLASS ACT'S EXIT PUTS MET IN PERIL Jan 11, 2008
He has overseen hundreds of exhibitions - on Titian, on Van Gogh, on Byzantine art and culture, among many others - that were both immensely popular and immensely worthwhile. Throughout his tenure, de Montebello has courageously insisted on artistic excellence when many museums sold out to the debased elitism of a socially enfranchised pseudo-avant garde. (New York Post -- Opinions)
2007 in the arts Dec 29, 2007
There was proof that the Antiques Roadshow dream lives on: in Market Harborough, an '18th-century' painting of the 'continental school' was estimated at 300, sold for 205,000, and ended up being identified as likely to be a Titian worth many millions. There were interesting moments in the world of archeology, too, as the Spice Girls, Take That, Boyzone and Led Zeppelin reunited. (Guardian Unlimited)
Canova's "Venus Victorious" is centerpiece of Rome exhibit Dec 7, 2007
The starting point for the "Venus Victorious" lay in the reclining Venuses of Giorgione, Titian and other Venetian painters. Paolina's pose was a development of these, which Canova had already experimented with in at least two paintings as early as the late 1780s and early 1790s. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Op shop opera is using its head Dec 4, 2007
" Juditha Triumphans Devicta Holofernes Barbarie (Judith Triumphant Over The Barbarians Of Holofernes) is an oratorio composed by Vivaldi in 1716 for Ospedale della Pieta, the girls' orphanage in Venice where he was choirmaster and music teacher. Based on the biblical Book of Judith, it tells the story of the general Holofernes (played by the countertenor David Walker), who has been sent with an army to Bethulia to demand overdue tributes to the Assyrian king Nebuchadnezzar. They are poised to... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Truffle of the century sets record Dec 3, 2007
First sniffed out by a mongrel dog in the woods of Tuscany, the biggest white truffle unearthed in half a century fetched a record $330,000 (160,000) yesterday at a charity auction more passionate and raucous than if a Rembrandt or Titian had been at stake. The knobbly, soil-encrusted 1. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
A life in pictures Dec 2, 2007
Why do you go back to a Titian ... The thing I love about late Titian is that I feel I'm there in the studio while he's actually making this image. (Guardian Unlimited)
Titian: The mysteries of his late style Nov 28, 2007
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge "Tarquin and Lucretia." An exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna illustrates the diversity in style of Titian's late works. Text Size. (International Herald Tribune)
In Which Museum Nov 12, 2007
Noli me tangere by Titian. When 20-year-old Titian painted this of the resurrected Christ with Mary Magdalen (1511-1512), he created the scene with an original interpretation that stresses the importance of light and landscape (as had his master Giorgione) ... For Titian, landscape was never just an afterthought but was an integral part of a painting. (Suite101.com)
Read Article » Oct 31, 2007
While every other museum concocted Monet blockbusters and fancy new buildings by celebrity architects to name after trustees and satisfy the bean counters who judge success by the number of visitors through the turnstiles rather than by the quality and care of the collection, the Prado stuck with Velzquez and Goya and Titian and Tintoretto in rooms of increasingly shabby grandeur. Before such pictures, nothing else really mattered. (International Herald Tribune)
Events of Early Art Oct 29, 2007
In Lives of the Artists, Vasari says: "Instead of studying, he spent all his time scrawling pictures on his own books and those of others. Was Masaccio admitted to the Florentine Guild? 1422 Masaccio, born Tommaso Cassai, moved to Florence with his family when he was in his teens. In this new hometown he was given his nickname, meaning "Clumsy Thomas," for the little care he gave to worldly matters and to his personal appearance. Did Uccello go to Venice to work on mosaics in St. Mark s? 1425... (Suite101.com)
Eye on Art: Annual art shows are more than Fair Oct 26, 2007
A still-life of a sword and a pile of jewelry is posed on a velvety surface of deep Titian red. Her other painting of a hand is handled with convincing clarity as it etches words on a Bible. (Pensacola News Journal)
* Baroque and beyond Oct 25, 2007
Of particular interest to art history students and hobbyists, is the use of color and movement by artists like Titian (circa 1488-1576), the almost photographic realism achieved by Balthasar Denner (1685-1747), the sheer exuberance of Bartholomaus Spranger (1546-1611) and the endless bold and bizarre experiments in perspective by Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1606), Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger (1580-1649) and others. In this age, during which the dominance of religion was giving way to... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A High view of Impressionism's roots Oct 19, 2007
His colleagues Timothy Standring of Denver and Ann Dumas of London, England, have held up their end of this conversational eyeful with timely contributions, glimpses of Old World craft from Titian and Velasquez to Fragonard and Rubens -- and the "moderns" who saw beyond them to a new age of aesthetic debate. Don't miss some of the comments and writings of various artists, used as part of the display of the show at the High. (CNN -- Travel)
Fort Worth, Texas Oct 18, 2007
His exquisite collection of European art Rembrandt, Velasquez, Titian, El Greco et al -- is housed in a Renaissance-style building designed by Louis Kahn. Across the lawn at the Amon Carter Museum designed to resemble an American Indian lodge the accent is on American art, with such important works as The Hunter s Return by Thomas Cole, Georgia O Keeffe s abstract landscapes and Winslow Homer s watercolors. (Suite101.com)
Hustle and flow | Oct 10, 2007
Yes, youll have to stand in a long queue, but step inside and theyre all there Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Botticelli, Raphael, Giotto, Titian, Rubens, and Caravaggio. Its a total jaw-dropper. (iAfrica.com)
Lessons for the Left on the Price of Civilization Oct 10, 2007
If you visit Venice and tour the churches, schools and museums remember that Titian, Tintoretto and the other remarkable artists were supported by the accumulated prosperity of a thousand years of business effort and careful defensive preparations. The Venetian Arsenal of Democracy. (Human Events Online)
Its Turner Prize time again Sep 29, 2007
Hirsts skull at 50m the worlds most expensive work of contemporary art, and the same price as a high-quality Titian portrait probably represents the high-water mark of the current boom. Of course, thats an absurd price-tag, and the skull also emblematises the dark side of the Turner. (Financial Times)
'Titian, The Last Act': A sweeping look at the Venetian master's final works Sep 28, 2007
Titian, The Last Act': A sweeping look at the Venetian master's final works - International Herald Tribune ... Titian, The Last Act': A sweeping look at the Venetian master's final works ... The last years of Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian, are often as shrouded in uncertainties as the towering peaks surrounding his birthplace, Pieve di Cadore, are obscured by mountain mists. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Vienna Hits Jackpot With Gift of Monets, Picassos, Renoirs for Albertina Sep 15, 2007
We know Titian, we know Rubens, and then there's a gap until the 1960s and 1970s. . (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Museum Day showcases culture at no cost Sep 5, 2007
Among the options: (think Rembrandt, Titian and Vermeer), the (crafts, textiles and other works by self-taught artists) and the (sailing ships and city history). Deal of the Day. (MSNBC -- Travel)
The Vinyl Word Sep 1, 2007
Obvious examples include Titian, Beethoven, Jane Austen and Napoleon Bonaparte. Genius is very different from talent, which is the ability to do something amazingly well, but not necessarily in a unique fashion. (Guardian Unlimited)
Pushing the Boundaries Aug 30, 2007
To many, the word "art" evokes Titian more than technology. But hey, Titian used techniques in the early 16th century that were considered to be cutting-edge literally, as he was making prints of his woodcuts. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
From Paris to Denver: Louvre art travels west Aug 15, 2007
Works in the October through January exhibition include pieces by Anthony van Dyck, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Nicolas Poussin, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Titian, Diego Velazquez and Gianlorenzo Bemini. Slide show. (MSNBC -- Travel)
'Van Gogh' virtually worthless Aug 4, 2007
They include A Monk with a Book, artist formerly unknown, now attributed to Titian; Portrait of Rembrandt from Rembrandt to unknown, to Rembrandt's studio; and Kissing Babes, from unknown to Auguste Rodin. Share this article. (NEWS.com.au)
Auction house finds 'old master' Jul 20, 2007
The buyer is believed to be from the London art trade and the picture is suspected of being by 16th Century artist Titian and worth upwards of 5m. The seller was an unidentified woman who bought it in 1974 during a house clearance in the village of Great Glen, Leicestershire, following the death of the property's owner. (BBC News)
Masterpiece goes for a song Jul 19, 2007
Bargain the $700 painting may turn out to be a Titian. THE art world is agog after a painting listed for auction at 300 ($700) instead fetched 205,000 and could well be formally identified as a Titian with a 5 million price tag ... The London fine art trade is now abuzz: this painting is most probably a Titian, painted in Venice between about 1510 and 1520. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Lot 403--painting offered for song goes for bomb Jul 19, 2007
LONDON (Reuters) - It entered the auction as an 18th century painting by an unknown artist worth a few hundred pounds, but emerged as a suspected early work by Renaissance master Titian possibly worth several million. " > Thu 19 Jul 2007 | 8:32 BST You are here: > > > Article Lot 403--painting offered for song goes for bomb Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:41PM BST | | [] [] By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - It entered the auction as an 18th century painting by an unknown artist worth a few hundred pounds,... (Reuters.uk)
The Old Master worth £5m. Do I hear £300? Jul 18, 2007
an18th-century Portrait of an Aesthete or a Titian ... The London fine art trade is now abuzz: this painting is very probably a Titian, painted in Venice between about 1510 and 1520 ... Though Mr Dickinson stressed he has studied only an emailed photograph, he said: "It looks very good. It looks like perfect early Titian ... the handling looks like early Titian, the way the shirt is painted, and the face. The ear looks a bit clumsy, as if it's been repainted. But it looks jolly good.". (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
And now lot 403: the Old Master worth 5m. Do I hear 300? Jul 18, 2007
The London fine art trade is now abuzz: this painting is very probably a Titian, painted in Venice between about 1510 and 1520 ... Though Mr Dickinson stressed he has studied only an emailed photograph, he said: "It looks very good. It looks like perfect early Titian ... the handling looks like early Titian, the way the shirt is painted, and the face. The ear looks a bit clumsy, as if it's been repainted. But it looks jolly good." ... Or, to look at it from another perspective, the National... (Guardian Unlimited)
A czar's city Jul 10, 2007
Then tune out the crowds and zero in on the treasures of the place: the luminescent Madonna Litta by Leonardo da Vinci, the ecstatic dancers of Matisse, the many works of Picasso, and Titian and Raphael and dozens upon dozens of other art world luminaries. Set in the fairy-tale-like Winter Palace, its one of the worlds richest art collections. (MSNBC -- Travel)
British Nobility May Sell Off Art Treasures: Martin Gayford Jul 4, 2007
Two years ago, the Earl of Halifax announced his intention to sell his ``Portrait of a Young Man'' by Titian, which also had been hanging in the gallery for more than a decade ... The Duke of Sutherland alone possesses two Titians -- each as magnificent as any renaissance picture currently in the U.S. -- plus a Raphael finer than ``The Madonna of the Pinks,'' and a superb Rembrandt self-portrait ... The Halifax painting is a wonderful early Titian portrait but the gallery has others just as fine... (Bloomberg)
Spanish art exhibition debuts in Beijing Jun 29, 2007
The artworks were painted by Europe's most important artists from 16th to 19th century, including Titian, leader of the 16th-century Venetian school of the Italian Renaissance. "This exhibition is a precious gift from the Spanish people and I believe it will become a testimony of the friendship between Chinese and Spanish people," said Fan Di'an, curator of the National Art Museum of China, the venue of the art show. (Xinhuanet, China)
Filmmakers draw on the past for clues to Nancy Drew’s updated look Jun 18, 2007
In the late 50s, the text began to refer to her hair as titian. Russell Tandy set the standard from the beginning everyone built their vision on that, said Jennifer Fisher, a devoted fan who created the NancyDrewSleuth. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
National Gallery takes to streets of London Jun 13, 2007
It is just one of 45 high-quality reproductions of masterpieces by artists such as Rubens, Titian and Claude Monet that have been displayed in the streets of central London by the National Gallery in an effort to bring art to a new urban audience ... The gallery has created a map marking the locations of all the works, with themed tours that cater for lovers, or take in the more "heavy-hitting" works by Titian, Seurat and Van Eyck ... Titian, 124-126 Wardour Street. (Independent)
The case of the closet clue: Keeping Nancy Drew's clothes contemporary but timeless Jun 11, 2007
"That means she's always neat and proper - and never a fashion victim."I can't think of anything Nancy has worn over the years that also were absolute 'dont's' for now," Kurland says.In fact, when the new friends she makes in the movie take her to a chic boutique for a makeover because they think Nancy's style is outdated and boring, the saleswoman compliments the young detective's rust-colored drop-waist dress with slim riding belt details and a cropped dark green jacket. She has less kind... (The Morning Star)
Live! Rude! Girl! Jun 10, 2007
So it goes with "Women in Art." Thanks to Eggman's talent for balance and composition, we witness a dance between da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Botticelli's Venus, Klimt's golden goddesses, Manet's luminous ladies and the muses of El Greco, Renoir, Matisse, Raphael, Titian. All the while, Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV Sarabande (thanks, CourtneyKAT. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Two Famous 18th-Century Painters Jun 10, 2007
He worked first in Venice, studying the works of Titian and other old masters and working as a portrait painter. Here he befriended Francesco Zuccarelli, a leading Venetian landscape painter, and upon his return to Britain he took his advice and concentrated on landscapes. (Suite101.com)
'Between God & Man': 'Angels' exhibit appeals to the masses Jun 9, 2007
Drawn from some of the most prestigious collections in Italy - Palazzo Pitti and Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence and Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia and Galleria Borghese in Rome - Angels includes works from Renaissance masters (Titian, Filippo Lippi) to contemporary artists (Sandro Chia). "Anyone walking through the exhibition rooms will immediately see how the image of angels has changed in the history of art as times, styles and cultures have changed, but also how it has remained... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Is gingerism as bad as racism? Jun 7, 2007
No wonder some gloss over their hair colour as "auburn" and "strawberry blonde" and even "titian". Photographer Charlotte Rushton has been chronicling the UK's redheads for a book, Ginger Snaps. (BBC News -- UK)
Barnes Museum Moves Downtown Jun 7, 2007
There is also work from Charles Demuth, William Glackens, Maurice and Charles Prendergrast, El Greco, Peter Paul Rubens, and Titian. He was also one of the first Americans to collect and pay attention to African art. (Suite101.com)
Westwood line on art suffers in translation May 30, 2007
Asked to name her most admired artwork, Westwood cited the late canvases of Titian, including Diana and Actaeon in the National Gallery. She also claimed that the notion of "culture" was widely misunderstood. (Guardian Unlimited)
'Dürer and Italy': A master's impact on Renaissance art May 19, 2007
In Venice none of the major painters remained untouched by him: from Giovanni Bellini, Cima and Vittore Carpaccio to Giorgione, Lorenzo Lotto, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese. By the mid-16th century, when Giorgio Vasari published his "Lives," D. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Everyone should see this painting May 1, 2007
The elite of Bergamo were privileged to have a local genius who, instead of heading off for Venice where he would have had to compete with Titian, portrayed them ... Earlier in the century, artists such as Michelangelo and Titian had claimed to be equal with princes. (Guardian Unlimited)
Seltzer’s cityscapes dazzle in Arte’ show Apr 27, 2007
Her home is only five minutes from the Academy Gallery in Venice, home to paintings by Titian, Veronese and Tiepolo. Inspired by the Renaissance painters, she manipulates her versions of the masterpieces, often juxtaposing them with scenes of Italian villages. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Wanted -- National Gallery Chief to Muster Cash: Review by Martin Gayford Apr 23, 2007
Last year, the Earl of Halifax turned down a joint offer from the National Galleries of London and Edinburgh for a Titian portrait ... Even without these paintings, it has numerous Titians and Poussins. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Otto Natzler, 99; glazer of daring ceramics Apr 18, 2007
As a child, Natzler discovered art through his uncle's "artist-a-day" wall calendar featuring Rembrandt, Titian, Durer, Tintoretto and other great artists. At 15, his parents enrolled him in a textile design course. (Los Angeles Times)
Vision vs. visionary -- see what Monet, Degas saw Apr 17, 2007
"We know that Rembrandt and Titian and many other artists became much freer in their style as they got older, but I don't think that is primarily what they were trying to do.". He again points to "Woman Drying Her Hair." "If Degas wanted it to look like this, that was purely from internal sense, in his memory of what his hand did. Because he'd look at the canvas and see something that would look very different.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Name the Dutch Artist Apr 15, 2007
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 1669) was a prolific and talented painter, etcher, and draftsman who modeled himself after the great Italian artists like Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian. He is certainly as famous as them: his name symbolizes an entire art history movement known as the Dutch Golden Age (roughly coinciding with the 17th century). (Suite101.com)
