Titian: Three Masters of the Venetian School of Painting in the Late Renaissance (Part One)

[New Three Talents First Release] Titian, whose full name is Tiziano Vecelli (about 1488-1576), is a representative painter of the Venetian School in the late Italian Renaissance. Titian was born in Pieve di Cadore, a small town in the Alps in northeastern Italy. He went to Venice with his elder brother at the age of 10, where he studied painting in Giovanni Bellini's studio, and met with the painter Giorgio o Zorzida Castelfranco. ) is a classmate.

Titian spent his long life mainly in Venice, leaving behind a large number of works. His main works are some religious and ancient Roman mythology themes, full of dramatic atmosphere and dynamic human body lines. In terms of oil painting technique and painting style, it has a great influence on the development of European oil painting in the later period.

Titian's career was successful from the start, courted by patrons, first from Venice and its possessions, then princes of northern Italy, and finally the House of Habsburgs and the Pope. His works are bold in conception, majestic in momentum, rigorous in composition, and rich in color. Together with Gigione, he is considered the founder of the Venetian School of Italian Renaissance.

In Titian's era, he was called "the sun among the stars" and was one of the most talented Italian painters. His use of color not only influenced Italian painters in the Renaissance era, but also had a profound impact on Western art. Impact.

(Author: Bai Ding)

(Editor in charge: Jiang Qiming)

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