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This blog is an art history experiment for our Italian Renaissance travel course. We hope that you, our visitors, will not only take some time to read about what we are studying, but will ALSO feel free to make comments or ask us questions...especially after we see (most of) these things in person. As we travel, we will offer personal reflections on our experiences. After we fly out on the 17th, follow us as we visit Rome (May 18-20), Florence (20-24), and Venice (24-25). We return on Thursday, May 26...just in time for the holiday weekend.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Titian Pieta

•The last painting done by Titian.
•The background is painted in a Mannerist style
•In Titian’s old age, he turned to religious subjects. Contemplating the approach of his own death, he painted and focused more on Christ’s suffering on the cross.
•Pieta was painted by Titian for his tomb in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, where it contained two of his masterpieces.
•This painting was finished by Palma Giovane due to Titan’s death.
•Below the statue of Moses there is a portrait of Titian’s son Orazio in prayer, and Titian is portrayed as the latter, staring at Jesus' face representing Titian staring at his own upcoming death.
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