基本説明
ティツィアーノの経歴と作品を、16世紀イタリアの社会的、歴史的流れに沿って説明。美術的なテクニックについての詳細な考察に加え、最もすばらしいナショナルギャラリーの『バッカスとアリアドネ』（1520-23）や、プラド美術館の『キリストの埋葬』（1570）を掲載。神話、宗教、アレゴリーから肖像画まで、多数のテーマに対するティツィアーノのアプローチを追い、高名なパトロンが果たした重要な役割についても言及。
Full Description
Peter Humfrey's engaging monograph offers an informative overview to the life and works of Titian, one of the most successful Italian painters of the sixteenth century. Renowned for his extraordinary use of colour, among other skills, Titian was not only in demand as a portrait and landscape painter but was also commissioned to paint a wide variety of religious and mythological subjects, working for patrons as prominent as the pope, the German emperor and the King of Spain.
Contents
Introduction / Chapter 1. From the Mountains to the Lagoon Artistic Beginnings, before 1511 / Chapter 2. Leader in Waiting The Early Maturity, 1511-17 / Chapter 3. Triumph in Venice and Ferrara The Great Venetian Altarpieces and the Mythologies for Alfonso d'Este / Chapter 4. At the Courts of Mantua and Urbino Working for the North Italian Dukes / Chapter 5. Painter to the Serenissima Titian at Home in Biri Grande / Chapter 6. 'Vecellio Apelles' The Visits to Rome and Augsburg / Chapter 7. In the Service of the King of Spain Mythological and Devotional Pictures for Philip II / Chapter 8. Twilight in Venice The Late Career, 1551-76 / Epilogue Titian's Legacy / Glossary / Brief Biographies / Key Dates / Map / Further Reading / Index / Acknowledgements
