Titian and Venetian Painting, 1450-1590

by Cole, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780064309059
• ISBN10: 0064309053
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

This up-to-date, well illustrated, sensitive introduction to the life and works of one of the giants of Western painting also surveys the golden age of Venetian painting from Bellini to Veronese and its place in the history of Western art. Sometimes referred to as the founder of modern painting Titian's legacy and influence was immense and continuingItalian Baroque painting, El Greco, Rubens, Rembrandt and Dutch painting, French 18th century painting, Velazquez, and Picasso. This knowledgeable study of a great and enduring artist and a brilliant period of art history will interest general readers and students. There are 119 black and white illustrations integrated with the text and 8 plates in full color, a selected bibliography and index.

Author Biography

Bruce Cole is Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University. A former Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, he is the author of Giotto and Florentine Painting, The Renaissance Artist at Work, Italian Art, 1250–1500 and other books.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface and Acknowledgments	xv
Venice, 1510	1	(6)
Precursors: Giovanni Bellini and the Birth of Venetian Renaissance Painting	7	(40)
Giorgione, Sebastiano, and the Young Titian to c. 1510	47	(30)
Titian: Early Success, 1516-1530	77	(22)
Titian: International Fame, 1530-1543	99	(30)
Titian: Maturity	129	(30)
Titian: The 1550s	159	(32)
Titian: The Late Works	191	(28)
Titian's Heirs	219	(32)
Selected Bibliography	251	(2)
Index	253