Titian

Exhibition at the National Gallery, London, 19 February - 18 May 2003

Few individuals have had a greater influence on the development of Western painting than the sixteenth-century Venetian artist Titian (c. 1480-1576). His vibrant colours and masterful brushwork have made his work a constant inspiration to artists, from Rubens to the Impressionists and beyond.

Written by some of the world's most renowned Titian scholars, this beautifully illustrated book accompanies a major exhibition devoted to the work of this extraordinary artist. Authoritative essays on Titian's life and times, portraits, replicas, and technique provide the background for a detailed examination of over 40 of his greatest masterpieces-works that provide evidence of Titian's genius as a stylistic innovator and supreme manipulator of paint.