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Luca Giordano - Bacchus and AriadneBacchus and AriadneLuca Giordano

Go big or go home—that is the message of Luca Giordano’s heartfelt scene. It depicts the beautiful Ariadne sleeping as her fickle lover Theseus abandons her (you can spot his ship sailing away in the background). Seeing her by the water, the wine god Bacchus rushes in with his entourage to proclaim ...

Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, United States)
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Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) - Diana and ActaeonDiana and ActaeonTiziano Vecellio (Titian)

A Masterpiece of High Renaissance Art

Diana and Actaeon is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Tiziano Vecellio (Titian), finished in 1556-1559. This magnificent work ...

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Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) - Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

'Titian was neither such a universal scholar as Leonardo, nor such an outstanding personality as Michelangelo, nor such a versatile and attractive man as Raphael. He was principally a painter, but a painter whose handling of paint equalled Michelangelo's mastery of draughtsmanship. This supreme skil...

National Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
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Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) - Bacchus and AriadneBacchus and AriadneTiziano Vecellio (Titian)

A Masterpiece of Venetian Renaissance Art

Tiziano Vecellio, also known as Titian, was a renowned Italian artist who specialized in oil paintings. Born around 1490 in Pieve di Cadore, he trained under the guidance of Giovanni Bellini and later became one of the most important members of ...

National Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
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Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) - Shepherd and NymphShepherd and NymphTiziano Vecellio (Titian)

'Between 1553 and 1554 Titian executed for the Habsburgs two classical mythological works of clearly erotic intent which he himself described as ''poesie'' (mythological fables). These are the Danaë with a Nurse and the Venus and Adonis, both now in the Prado, Madrid. The Venus and Adonis became the...

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)
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Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) - Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

According to Vasari this painting was commissioned by the Farnese family in 1546. Titian arrived to Rome in 1545 and he met there several cardinals and artists and he was even received by Pope Paul III.A few decades earlier, Pope Leo X (1475-1521), who was a great patron of Pope Paul III, was also p...

National Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
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Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) - Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)Bacchus and Ariadne (detail)Tiziano Vecellio (Titian)

'Titian was neither such a universal scholar as Leonardo, nor such an outstanding personality as Michelangelo, nor such a versatile and attractive man as Raphael. He was principally a painter, but a painter whose handling of paint equalled Michelangelo's mastery of draughtsmanship. This supreme skil...

National Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
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