| Style | High Renaissance |
| Lived | c. 1477 – August 27, 1576 ( 16th century ) |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Biography |
Titian Biography |
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Titian prints and posters |
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| Paintings |
Famous titles of Titian's paintings include 'Bacchus and Ariadne', 'The Worship of Venus', 'David and Goliath', 'La Gloria', 'Adam and Eve' and 'Venus and Adonis'.
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| Quote | "A good painter needs only three colors, black, white and red."
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| Interesting |
The most prolific of the Venetians, during Titian's time painting moved from the use of wood panels to canvas as the painting surface. Because of this, pretentious art folks say that he established oil on canvas as the predominant medium of painting for the future.
The most prolific of the Venetians, during Titian's time painting moved from the use of wood panels to canvas as the painting surface. Because of this, pretentious art folks say that he established oil on canvas as the predominant medium of painting for the future.
Venus of Urbino is of course, the painting featured in the classic Saturday Night Live sketch "Art Classics with E. Buzz Miller", during which Dan Aykroyd pronounces the artist's name as "Titty-an" and says "...and I don't think anybody can deny this is a very nice painting of a broad on a couch".
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| Links |
NGA: Titian - National Gallery of Art on Titian.
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