Peter Humfrey

Tiziano Vecellio (c.1488/90-1576) - known in English simply as Titian - was a remarkably versatile painter, equally comfortable with a wide range of genres and subjects. Unlike many artists from history whose work has been appreciated only after their death, Titian enjoyed fame and success throughout his career, which spanned over seven decades. Based in Venice, Titian received commissions from many local patrons and the Venetian government, as well as many distinguished figures from further afield, such as the Pope, the German emperor and the King of Spain. Titian's contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari, praised his skill as a colourist; the artist's careful modelling and depth of colour, shown to especially good effect in mythological works such as 'Bacchus and Ariadne' (1520-3) and 'Tarquin and Lucretia' (1569-71), continue to impress viewers in the twenty-first century. In addition to his success in representing pagan mythological themes, his skill as a portrait painter also won him many prestigious commissions, while his renown as a painter of religious subjects resulted in the creation of high-profile altarpieces, as well as individual works for private patrons. This new monologue combines Peter Humfrey's scholarly yet accessible text with 200 beautiful reproductions of Titian's works, from oil paintings and frescos to preparatory drawings. Careful attention has been paid to the scale and quality of the images, allowing the works and their vivid colours to be shown in their true intensity. The book is a perfect introduction to the work of this original and influential Renaissance artist.

The Renaissance was a golden age in the long history of Venetian painting, and the art that came from Venice during that era includes some of the most visually exciting works in the whole of Western art. This attractive book—a comprehensive account of painting in Venice from Bellini to Titian to Tintoretto—is an accessible introduction to the art of this period. Peter Humfrey surveys the development of a distinctly Venetian artistic tradition from the middle years of the fifteenth century to the end of the sixteenth century. He discusses the work of Jacopo and Giovanni Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto as well as the paintings of those less well known—such as the three Vivarini, Cima, Carpaccio, Palma Vecchio, Lotto, and Jacopo Bassano. Humfrey analyzes these painters' works in terms of their pictorial style, technique, subject matter, patronage, and function. He also sets the art against the background of the political, social, and religious conditions of Renaissance Venice, as outlined in his Introduction. The book includes an appendix that provides brief biographies of thirty-six of the most important painters active in Renaissance Venice. Peter Humfrey is a reader in the School of Art History, University of St. Andrews.

Tiziano (Tiziano Vecellio, h 1488/1490 - 1576) fue un célebre pintor renacentistaEsta exhaustiva monografía sitúa la carrera y obra de Tiziano en el contexto histórico-social de la Italia del siglo XVIIncluye sus obras más célbres, desde el Baco y Ariadna (1520-1523) de la National Gallery londinense hasta el Santo Entierro (1570) del Museo del Prado, así como un análisis en profundidad de sus técnicas artísticasAnaliza el amplio abanico de temáticas que aborda Tiziano en su obra, desde la mitología y la religión hasta las alegorías y la retratística, así como el papel decisivo desempañenado por los ilustres mecenas del artistaLos comentarios detallados por parte del profesor Humfrey sobre las pinturas y las técnicas artísticas invitan al lector a adentrarse en las obras de TizianoEncuadernado en una seda de rico color que evoca el aspecto y el tacto de los volúmenes de bellas artes de Phaidon y realza la calidad de lujo de los libros

Catálogo completo, ilustrado y comentado, de la obra de Vittore Carpaccio.