Titian
by Erika Fortune
BIOGRAPHY OF TITIAN
-He was born around 1477 in Pieve di Cadore, Italy
-Painter
-He spent most if his time in Venice, Italy
-Studied painting with Giovanni and Bellini
-Traveled and worked for many different artists
-Emperor Charles V, Philip II, and Pope Paul III favoured his work
-He was known as a great artist of Italian Renaissance
-He was a great master of religious art
-He used chiaroscuro or a contrast of light and dark
-the creator of mythological compositions
-Died August 27, 1576 in Venice, Italy
Titian
The atists
Flora (Florance)
one of Titian's famous artworks
Bacchus and Ariadne
Another famous Titian piece
"The painting has a certain elegance, serenity, gracefulness, and charm that are characteristic of Titian's painting"
Flora (Florence)
-This piece was created in 1515AD
-This piece helps understand how Titian devoloped contrasting skin, facial, and hair tones to look realistic
-Unlike others Titian did not use a background of nature, but instead a plain, dark background to focus more on the women in the center of the painting
-Titian's "plain, dark background" gave this painting a Classical ambiance of earlier periods
-The flowers in her right hand indicates she is the ancient goddess of Flora
-The thin sheer gown helps represent the time period and wealth
-This piece of art shows a lot of elegance, serenity, charm and gracefulness
-Flora represents Humanism because Titian focused on making this paint look realistic to a human instead of religious related
Citations
http://www.artunframed.com/images/NewFolder5/titian52.jpg
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/upload/img/Titian-c-face-half.jpg
http://www.allartclassic.com/img/Tiziano_Vicellio_Titian_TIT005.jpg
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/RM/AriadneBacchusTitian.jpg