Excerpt from The Earlier Work of Titian Thus, though there cannot be claimed for Titian that universality in art and science which the lovers of Leonardo's painting must ever deplore, since it lured him into a thousand side-paths; or the vastness of scope of Michelangelo, or even the all-embracing curiosity of Albrecht Diirer; it must be seen that as a painter he covered more ground than any first-rate master of the sixteenth century. While in more than one branch of the painter's art he stood forth supreme and without a rival, in most others he remained second to none, alone in great pictorial decorations of the monumental order yielding the palm to his younger rivals Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese, who showed them selves more practised and more successfully daring in this particular branch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Later Work of Titian National Gallery in the somewhat earlier Madonna del Coniglio, and the gigantic St. Peter Martyr, or, indeed, in a score of other genuine productions, that the depth, the vigour, the authority of Titian himself are here to be recognised. The weak treatment Of the great Titianesque tree in the foreground, with its too summarily indicated foliage - to select only one detail that comes naturally to hand - would in itself suffice to bring such an attribution into question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Titian This book appeared first in the German edition four years ago. (berlin Ernst Hofmann 8: Co. It was addressed, not to the narrow circle of art critics, but rather to those in whom a profound impression, created by Titian's art, had awakened the desire to learn something about the production of his works and the life and person ality of the artist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Work of Titian: Reproduced in Over Two Hundred IllustrationsTitian was born in the little town of Pieve di Cadore in the mountains of Cadore where the road leads by the green cliffs of the Dolomites past the foaming Pieve, from Italy to the Tyrol. The valley and the village are both commanded by a fortress. Mountains and forests, green slopes and ancient castles, were thus the first impressions of the outer world made on the young painter, and they remained with him, with the other associations of his birthplace, throughout his life.Among the hardy people of the village who left their mountain homes to cut timber in the woods, the Vecellio family had been prominent for many generations. Gregorio Vecellio, the father of Titian, had for half his life served the republic of Venice as a soldier. When his son was born to him in 1476 or 1477, Vecellio stood at the head of the little community of Pieve di Cadore. Honors rather than wealth were thus the traditional possession of the family; so that it probably was nothing strange to the father when he found his son had elected to become an artist.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Notices of the Life and Works of Titian Who, having most honorably filled more than one important situation in the service of his Country, now devotes a portion of his leisure to the encon ragement of the Fine Arts, and Liberal Sciences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is a fully illustrated reprint of a classic study by Claude Phillips, former Keeper of the Wallace Collection in London, on the art and long life of one of the greatest artists in history, Titian Vecelli.