Masters of Venetian painting presentation. Presentation at the Moscow Art Theater on the topic "Venetian school of painting"

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Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) became the largest architect of Venice, whose style is distinguished by perfection in the construction of ancient orders, natural completeness and strict ordering of compositions, clarity and expediency of planning, communication architectural structures with the surrounding nature.

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Doge's Palace in Venice

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Doge's Palace in Venice

The palace housed not only the home quarters of the head of the Doge city. But also the city and courtrooms, the prison. As well as the giant Hall del Maggiorio Consiglio - the residence of the elected people's representatives of the Venetian Parliament.

The openwork ornament in the form of a lattice gives the impression of an oriental one, but the opening of the facade by means of arcades already had a long tradition in Venice, which reached its peak in the construction of late Gothic palaces.

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Ka d, Oro. Venice. 1421-1440

"Golden House" - this is how Ca d'Oro is translated - one of the oldest buildings in Venice. It was built by order of Mariino Contarini, the prosecutor of the Cathedral of San Marco. Its name arose because the original ornament and sculptural decorations were gilded. The impression was further enhanced by the fact that the shining blue and red house was reflected in the waters of the canal.

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Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516)

The founder of the Venetian school of painting is considered to be Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516), whose style is distinguished by refined nobility and radiant color. He created many paintings depicting Madonnas, simple and serious, a little thoughtful and always sad. He owns a number of portraits of contemporaries - eminent citizens of Venice, who dreamed of seeing themselves captured on the canvases of the great master.

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Look at the extremely expressive features of Doge Leonardo Loredano - the head of the government of the Venetian Republic. Concentrated and calm, the doge is depicted with the smallest details - from deep wrinkles on an old face to rich brocade of clothes. Thin facial features, tightly compressed lips betray the isolation of his nature. The cold tones of the ceremonial vestments stand out clearly against the azure background. The artist skillfully managed to embody the features of a man who went down in history as a persecutor of science and education.

• Giovanni Bellini.
• Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredano. 1501
• National Gallery, London

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Bellini had many students to whom he generously passed on his rich creative experience. Among them, two artists stood out - Giorgione and Titian.

The life of Giorgione (1476/1477-1510), shrouded in mystery, was short and bright. In skill, he competed with Leonardo himself. According to Vasari,

“nature endowed him with a talent so light and happy, his coloring in oil and fresco was sometimes lively and bright, sometimes soft and even and so shaded in transitions from light; to the shadow that many of the then masters recognized in him an artist born in order to breathe life into the figures ... "

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Giorgione. Judith. 1502

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Beautiful and meek Judith is not at all warlike. Her gaze is turned to the earth, and in a humble pose there is not even a hint of cruelty and violence. On the contrary, she is perceived as the personification of the highest justice and mercy.

Has the artist forgotten about the biblical story? The only thing that reminds of him is a terrible trophy, which Judith carefully tramples with his foot! We find it hard to believe that this woman could have committed such a brutal murder. Judith does not enjoy her victory, but closes her eyes and listens, slightly smiling at the corners of her lips. This spiritualized image has everything: tenderness and dignity, meekness and regret, inner strength and charm.

The mood of the picture enhances the lyrical landscape. A gentle airy background, a barely pinkish morning sky, a powerful trunk of a tree cut off by the edge of the frame, carefully traced vegetation are designed to create an elegiac mood and draw attention to psychological aspect biblical legend.

Giorgione. Judith. 1502

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The true masterpiece of Giorgione's work is "Sleeping Venus" - one of the most perfect female images the Renaissance. Venus, the ancient goddess of love and beauty, lies on a dark red blanket in the middle of a hilly meadow.

Giorgione. Sleeping Venus. 1507"-1508

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Giorgione. Sleeping Venus. 1507"-1508 Art Gallery, Dresden

She sleeps peacefully. A special sublimity and chastity gives this image a picture of nature. Behind Venus, on the horizon, there is a spacious sky with white clouds, a low ridge of blue mountains, a gentle path leading to a hill overgrown with vegetation. A sheer cliff, a bizarre profile of the hill, echoing the outlines of the figure of the goddess, a group of seemingly uninhabited buildings, grasses and flowers in the meadow are carefully made by the artist. Looking at this picture, I want to repeat after A. S. Pushkin:

Everything in it is harmony, everything is marvelous, Everything is higher than peace and passions. She rests bashfully In her solemn beauty.

Impressed by the "Sleeping Venus" by Giorgione, artists of different generations - Titian and Durer, Poussin and Velasquez, Rembrandt and Rubens, Gauguin and Manet - created their works on this subject.

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The Artistic World of Titian

Spanish artist XVII V. Diego Velasquez wrote:

“In Venice - all the perfection of beauty! I give first place to painting, whose standard-bearer is Titian.

Titian lived a long (almost a century!) life (1477-1576) and won worldwide fame along with other titans of the High Renaissance. His contemporaries were Columbus and Copernicus, Shakespeare and Giordano Bruno. At the age of nine, he was sent to the workshop of a mosaicist, studied in Venice with Bellini, and later became Giorgione's assistant. The creative heritage of the artist, who had an ebullient temperament and amazing diligence, is extensive. Working in various genres, he managed to express the spirit and mood of his era.

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Titian. Self-portrait. 1567-1568 Prado, Madrid

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Who was Titian? Look at his self-portrait (1567-1568), made at the age of 90. We see a tall old man with large, manly features. He hunched slightly under the weight of dark, pleated clothing. A narrow strip of collar cuts like a beam into a lush silver beard. The black cap emphasizes the intensity of his strong profile. The fingers of the right hand gently squeeze the fragile hand. Undoubtedly, we have an active, creative nature, full of a thirst for life. The artist leaned forward, as if peering into the face of his interlocutor. Majestic and calm is the penetrating look of a man wise by life experience. The black attire is rich and elegant, it harmoniously combines with the silver scale of the overall color.

A great many studies have been written about Titian's mastery of color.

Self-portrait. 67-1568 Prado, Madrid

“In color, it has no equal ... it keeps pace with nature itself. In his paintings, color competes and plays with shadows, as it happens in nature itself ”(L. Dolce).

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"Venus of Urbino"

Venus of Urbino, 1538

Gallery. Uffizi, Florence

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"Venus of Urbino" is a true masterpiece of the artist. Contemporaries said about this picture that Titian, in contrast to Giorgione, under whose influence he certainly was, “opened the eyes of Venus and we saw the wet gaze of a woman in love, promising great happiness.” Indeed, he sang the radiant beauty of a woman, painting her in the interior of a rich Venetian house. In the background, two maids are busy with household chores: they are taking out toilets for their mistress from a large chest. At the feet of Venus, curled up, a small dog dozes. Everything is ordinary, simple and natural, and at the same time sublimely symbolic.

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The face of a woman lying on a sleeping bed is beautiful. Proudly and calmly, she looks directly at the viewer, not at all embarrassed by her dazzling beauty. There are almost no shadows on her body, and the crumpled sheet only emphasizes the graceful harmony and warmth of her elastic body. The red fabric under the sheet, the red curtain, the red clothes of one of the maids, the carpets of the same color create a hot and quivering color.

The picture is full of symbolism. Venus is the goddess of conjugal love, many details speak of this. A vase with myrtle on the window symbolizes constancy, a rose in Venus's hand is a sign of long love, and a dog curled up at her feet is a traditional symbol of fidelity.

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"Penitent Mary Magdalene"

Titian's painting "Penitent Mary Magdalene" depicts a great sinner who once washed Christ's feet with tears and was generously forgiven by him. From then until the death of Jesus, Mary Magdalene did not leave him. She told people about his miraculous Resurrection. Putting aside the book of Holy Scripture, she earnestly prays, fixing her eyes to the sky. Her tear-stained face, waves of thick flowing hair, an expressive gesture pressed to her chest beautiful hand, simple clothes are painted by the artist with great care and skill. Nearby are a glass jar and a skull - a symbolic reminder of the transience of earthly life and death. Dark stormy sky Rocky Mountains and trees swaying from the wind emphasize the drama of what is happening.

Penitent Mary Magdalene. Around 1565 State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

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"Portrait of a young man with a glove" - ​​one of the best creations of Titian. The prevailing strict, dark tones are designed to enhance the feeling of anxiety and tension. The hands and face snatched out by the light allow you to take a closer look at the person being portrayed. Undoubtedly, we have before us a spiritualized personality, which is characterized by intelligence, nobility at the same time - the bitterness of doubts and disappointments. In the eyes of the young man, there is an anxious reflection on life, the mental confusion of a brave and resolute person. A tense look "into yourself" testifies to the tragic discord of the soul, to the painful search for one's "I".

In the last years of his life, having mastered the elements of color to perfection, Titian worked in a special manner. Here is how one of his students described it:

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Titian worked in a special manner. Here is how one of his students described it:

“Titian covered his canvases with a colorful mass, as if serving ... as a foundation for what he wanted to express in the future. I myself have seen such vigorously made underpaintings, executed with a densely saturated brush either in a pure red tone, "which was intended to outline a halftone, or with white. With the same brush, dipping it in red, then black, then yellow paint, he developed a relief With the same great skill, with the help of just four colors, he evoked the promise of a beautiful figure from oblivion ... He made the last retouches with light strokes of his fingers, smoothing out the transitions from the brightest highlights to midtones and rubbing one tone into another. Sometimes with the same with his finger, he applied a thick shadow to any corner to strengthen this place ... By the end, he truly painted more with his fingers than with a brush.

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The legacy of the Venetian school of painting is the brightest page in the history of the Italian Renaissance.

Venice was one of the leading centers of Italian culture. It is considered one of the main Italian schools of painting. The heyday of the Venetian school is attributed to the XV-XVI centuries.
What does the name "Venetian School" mean?
At that time, many people worked in Venice Italian artists, united by common artistic principles. These principles are bright coloristic techniques, possession of plastic oil painting, the ability to see the life-affirming meaning of nature and life itself in its most wonderful manifestations. The Venetians were characterized by a taste for everything unique, emotional richness of perception, admiration for the physical, material diversity of the world. At a time when fragmented Italy was torn apart by strife, Venice prospered and quietly floated on the smooth surface of the waters and living space, as if not noticing the whole complexity of being or not thinking about it especially, in contrast to the High Renaissance, whose creativity was fed by thoughts and complex searches.
There are quite a few prominent representatives of the Venetian school of painting: Paolo Veneziano, Lorenzo Veneziano, Donato Veneziano, Catarino Veneziano, Niccolo Semitecolo, Jacobello Albereno, Nicolo di Pietro, Jacobello del Fiore, Jacopo Bellini, Antonio Vivarini, Bartolomeo Vivarini, Gentile Bellini, Giovanni Bellini, Giacometto Veneziano, Carlo Crivelli, Vittorio Crivelli, Alvise Vivarini, Lazzaro Bastiani, Carpaccio, Cima da Conegliano, Francesco di Simone da Santacroce, Titian, Giorgione, Palma Vecchio, Lorenzo Lotto, Sebastiano del Piombo, Jacopo Bassano, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese.
Let's talk about just a few of them.

Paolo Veneziano (before 1333-after 1358)

Paolo Veneziano Madonna and Child (1354), Louvre
He is considered one of the founders of the Venetian art school. Everyone in the Paolo Veneziano family were artists: his father and sons: Marco, Luca and Giovanni.

In the work of Paolo Veneziano, there are still features of Byzantine painting: a golden background and bright colors, and later - Gothic features.
The artist created his own art workshop, in which he was mainly engaged in mosaics, decorating cathedrals. The last signed work of the artist is the Coronation altarpiece.

Titian (1488/1490-1576)

Titian "Self-portrait" (circa 1567)
Titian Vecellio is an Italian Renaissance painter. He painted pictures on biblical and mythological subjects, as well as portraits. Already at the age of 30 he was known as the best painter in Venice.
Titian was born into the family of the statesman and military leader Gregorio Vecellio. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
At the age of 10 or 12, Titian came to Venice, where he met representatives of the Venetian school and studied with them. The first works of Titian, performed jointly with Giorgione, were frescoes in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, of which only fragments have survived.
The style of Titian of that time is very similar to the style of Giorgione, he even finished painting for him, which remained unfinished (Giorgione died young from the plague raging in Venice at that time).
Titian's brush belongs to a lot portraits of women and pictures of Madonnas. They are full life force, brightness of feelings and calm joy. The colors are clean and full of color. Famous paintings of that time: "Gypsy Madonna" (circa 1511), "Earthly Love and Heavenly Love" (1514), "Woman with a Mirror" (circa 1514).

Titian "Earthly Love and Heavenly Love" Oil on canvas, 118x279 cm. Boghese Gallery, Rome
This painting was commissioned by Niccolò Aurelio, secretary of the Council of Ten of the Venetian Republic, as his wedding gift to his bride. Modern name paintings began to be used 200 years later, and before that she had various titles. There is no consensus among art critics about the plot. Against the backdrop of a sunset landscape, a richly dressed Venetian woman is sitting at the source, holding a mandolin in her left hand, and a naked Venus holding a bowl of fire. Winged cupid plays with water. Everything in this picture is subject to the feeling of all-conquering love and beauty.
Titian's style developed gradually as he studied the works of the great Renaissance masters Raphael and Michelangelo. His portrait art reaches its peak: he was very perspicacious and knew how to see and portray the contradictory traits of people's characters: confidence, pride and dignity, combined with suspicion, hypocrisy and deceit. He knew how to find the right compositional solution, pose, facial expression, movement, gesture. He created many paintings on biblical subjects.

Titian "Behold the Man" (1543). Canvas, oil. 242x361 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
This painting is considered Titian's masterpiece. It is written on the gospel story, but the artist skillfully transfers the gospel events to reality. Pilate stands on the steps of the stairs and, with the words “this is a man,” betrays Christ to be torn to pieces by the crowd, in which there are warriors and young men of a noble family, horsemen and even women with children. And only one person is aware of the horror of what is happening - the young man in the lower left corner of the picture. But he is nobody before those who have power over Christ at this moment...
Towards the end of his life, Titian developed new technology painting. He applied paint to the canvas with a brush, a spatula, and his fingers. The last masterpieces of the artist include the paintings "The Entombment" (1559), "The Annunciation" (circa 1564-1566), "Venus Blindfolding Cupid" (circa 1560-1565), "Carrying the Cross" (1560s), " Tarquinius and Lucretia" (1569-1571), "St. Sebastian" (circa 1570), "Coronation with Thorns" (circa 1572-1576), "Pieta" (mid-1570s).
The painting "Pieta" depicts the Virgin Mary supporting the body of Christ with the help of kneeling Nicodemus. To their left stands Mary Magdalene. These figures form a perfect triangle. The painting "Pieta" is considered latest work artist. It was completed by Giacomo Palma Jr. It is believed that Titian portrayed himself in the image of Nicodemus.

Titian "Pieta" (1575-1576). Canvas, oil. 389x351 cm Academy Gallery, Venice
In 1575, an epidemic of plague begins in Venice. Titian, infected by his son, dies on August 27, 1576. He was found dead on the floor with a brush in his hand.
The law required the bodies of those who died of the plague to be burned, but Titian was buried in the Venetian Cathedral of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
The words are carved on his grave: “Here lies the great Titian Vecelli -
rival of Zeus and Apelles"

Giorgione (1476/1477-1510)

Giorgione "Self-portrait" (1500-1510)
Another representative of the Venetian school of painting; one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance.
His full name is Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, after a small town near Venice. He was a student of Giovanni Bellini. He was the first of the Italian painters to introduce landscape, beautiful and poetic, into religious, mythological and historical paintings. He worked mainly in Venice: he painted altarpieces here, carried out numerous portrait orders, decorated chests, caskets and facades of houses with his painting according to the custom of that time. Died of the plague.
In his work, they note the skillful mastery of light and color, the ability to perform smooth color transitions and create soft outlines of objects. Despite the fact that he died very young, many famous Venetian artists are considered his students, including Titian.
One of the most famous paintings Giorgione is considered "Judith". By the way, this is the only painting by the artist located in Russia.

Giorgione "Judith" (circa 1504). Canvas (translated from the board), oil. 144x68 cm State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
One of the many works visual arts By biblical story on the history of Judith and Holofernes. The commander Holofernes, commander of the army of Nebuchadnezzar, carried out his command "to accomplish ... vengeance on all the earth." In Mesopotamia, he destroyed all the cities, burned all the crops and slaughtered the men, and then laid siege to the small city of Betiluia, where the young widow Judith lived. She made her way to the Assyrian camp and seduced Holofernes, and when the commander fell asleep, she cut off his head. The army without a leader could not resist the inhabitants of Vetilui and was dispersed. Judith received the tent of Holofernes and all his utensils as a trophy and entered Vetiluja as a triumphant.
Giorgione created not a bloody, but a peaceful picture: Judith holds a sword in his right hand, and leans on a low parapet with his left. Her left leg rests on Holofernes' head. A peaceful landscape opens up in the distance, symbolizing the harmony of nature.

Tintoretto (1518/19-1594)

Tintoretto "Self-portrait"

His real name is Jacopo Robusti. He was a painter of the Venetian school of the late Renaissance.
He was born in Venice and was nicknamed Tintoretto (little dyer) by the profession of his father, who was a dyer (tintore). Early discovered the ability to paint. For some time he was a student of Titian.
The distinctive qualities of his work were the lively drama of the composition, the boldness of the drawing, the peculiar picturesqueness in the distribution of light and shadows, the warmth and strength of colors. He was generous and non-possessive, could work for nothing for his comrades and reimburse himself only for the cost of paints.
But sometimes his work was distinguished by haste, which can be explained by the huge number of orders.
Tintoretto is mainly known for historical painting, as well as portraits, of which many surprise with the composition of figures, expressiveness, and the power of colors.
Tintoretto also passed on his artistic talent to his children: his daughter, Marietta Robusti (1560-1590), was a successful portrait painter. Son, Domenico Robusti (1562-1637), was also an artist, a skilled portrait painter.

Tintoretto " The Last Supper» (1592-1594). Canvas, oil. 365x568 see Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
The painting was painted specifically for the Venetian church of San Giorgio Maggiore, where it remains to this day. The bold composition of the painting helped artfully depict earthly and divine details. The plot of the canvas is the gospel moment when Christ breaks bread and pronounces the words: "This is my body." The action takes place in a poor tavern, its space sinks into twilight and seems limitless thanks to a long table. The artist resorts to the technique of contrast: in the foreground on the right are several objects and figures that are not related to the plot, and the upper part of the canvas is imbued with deep spirituality and mystical excitement.
The sense of wonder is not overshadowed by the sight of the feast. The room is filled with supernatural light, the heads of Christ and the apostles are surrounded by radiant halos. The diagonal of the table separates the divine world from the human world.
This canvas is considered the final work of Tintoretto's work. Such skill is available only to a mature artist.

Municipal state educational institution Bondarevskaya secondary school of the Kantemirovsky municipal district of the Voronezh region. VENICE SCHOOL OF PAINTING Teacher MKOU Bondarevskaya secondary school Ponomareva Natalya Nikolaevna

 The Venetian school is fundamental in the pictorial art of Italy. Its heyday falls on the 15th-16th centuries. The masters of the Venetian school largely followed the traditions of the Renaissance. The paintings of these artists are very picturesque, distinguished by extraordinary plasticity and colorfulness.  The Venetian school originated in the bowels of the 14th century. She combined the features of Byzantine and Gothic painting. The works of the early masters of the Venetian school are distinguished by the fact that the images were planar, the backgrounds were somewhat abstract, there was an ornament, the colors were pure and bright.

 The most famous representatives of the Venetian school were Paolo and Lorenzo Veneziano.  In the 15th century, the Venetian school turns to the traditions of the Renaissance.

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (circa 1430-1516), the second son of Jacopo Bellini, is the most important artist of the Venetian school, who laid the foundations for the art of the High Renaissance in Venice.

Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredana as a Venetian Painter The portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredana was officially commissioned by Bellini of the Republic. In this work, the doge is depicted almost frontally - contrary to the existing tradition of depicting the faces of those portrayed in profile, including on medals and coins.

Altar of St. Job At the foot of the high throne, on which the Madonna and Child solemnly sits, blessing those who came to bow to her, there are musical angels (Saint Job was considered one of the patrons of music). The figures are life-size. Bellini placed two naked saints, Jobbe and Sebastian, on the flanks of the throne of Mary, next to them - the saints John the Baptist, Dominic and Louis of Toulouse. The architecture and decor of the apse, covered with gold smalt, are reminiscent of the Cathedral of San Marco. On a golden background, the words are clearly read: "Ave, pure flower of the virgin

Giorgione  Giorgione "Self-portrait" (1500-1510) Another representative of the Venetian school of painting; one of the greatest masters of the High Renaissance. His full name is Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, after a small town near Venice. He was a student of Giovanni Bellini. He was the first of the Italian painters to introduce landscape, beautiful and poetic, into religious, mythological and historical paintings.

Judith  Judith, or Judith (Hebrew תידוהי - Yehudiit, the female version of the name Judah, “praise to Jehovah”) is a character in the Old Testament deuterocanonical “Book of Judith”, a Jewish widow who saved her hometown from the invasion of the Assyrians. After the Assyrian troops besieged her hometown, she dressed up and went to the camp of the enemies, where she attracted the attention of the commander. When he got drunk and fell asleep, she cut off his head, and brought it to his hometown, which thus turned out to be

Sleeping Venus in this work, with great humanistic fullness and almost ancient clarity, the ideal of the unity of the physical and spiritual beauty of man was revealed. Surprisingly chaste, despite her nakedness, "Sleeping Venus" is in the fullest sense an allegory, a symbolic image of Nature.

Thunderstorm . The main character of this picture is a thunderstorm. The artist took the background to the brilliance of a lightning-like arrow, which, like a snake, flashed in the air. Immediately to the right and left, the foreground displays the female and male figures. The woman is feeding the child. She has almost no clothes on. The picture is full of variety. Wildlife makes itself felt everywhere http://opisanie-kartin.com m/opisanie-kartiny-dzhordz hone-g

Titian Titian "Self-Portrait" (circa 1567) Titian Vecheillio - Italian Renaissance painter. He painted pictures on biblical and mythological subjects, as well as portraits. Already at the age of 30 he was known as the best painter in Venice. Titian was born into the family of the statesman and military leader Gregorio Vecellio. The exact date of his birth is unknown. At the age of 10 or 12, Titian came to Venice, where he met representatives of the Venetian school and studied with them. First works

Love Earthly and Heavenly  The plot of the picture still causes controversy among art historians. According to the 19th-century Viennese art historian Franz Wickhoff, the scene depicts the meeting of Venus and Medea, whom the goddess persuades to help Jason. According to another version, the plot was borrowed from Francesco Colonna's popular at that time book Hypnerotomachia Poliphila.  Against the background of a sunset landscape, a richly dressed Venetian is sitting at the source, holding a mandolin with her left hand and a naked Venus holding a bowl of fire. According to S. Zuffi, a dressed girl personifies love in marriage; marriage is indicated by the color of her dress (white), the belt, gloves on her hands, the myrtle wreath crowning her head, loose hair and roses. A pair of rabbits is depicted in the background - a wish for a large offspring. This is not a portrait of Laura Bagarotto, but an allegory of a happy marriage.  / /

Bacchus and Ariadne  Ariadne, abandoned by Theseus on the island of Naxos, came to console Bacchus. Titian depicts the moment of the first meeting of the heroes. Bacchus comes out of the thicket with his large retinue and rushes to Ariadne, who is frightened of him. In this compositionally complex scene, all the characters and their actions are explained by ancient texts. The retinue of Bacchus performs its rituals: one satyr demonstrates how snakes wrap around him, another swings a calf's leg, and a baby satyr drags an animal's head behind him.

Penitent Mary Magdalene  Tiziano Vecellio painted his work "Penitent Mary Magdalene" to order in the 60s of the 16th century. The model of the painting was Giulia Festina, who struck the artist with a shock of golden hair. The finished canvas greatly impressed the Duke of Gonzaga, and he decided to order a copy of it. Later, Titian, changing the background and posing of the woman, painted a couple more similar works.

Saint Sebastian  “Saint Sebastian” is one of the best works of the painter. Titian's Sebastian is a proud Christian martyr who, according to legend, was shot with a bow by order of Emperor Diocletian for refusing to worship pagan idols. Sebastian's powerful body is the embodiment of strength and defiance, his gaze expresses not physical torment, but a proud challenge to the tormentors. Titian achieved the unique effect of shimmering color not only with the help of a color palette, but also using the texture of paints, the relief of strokes

"Behold the Man" This painting is considered Titian's masterpiece. It is written on the gospel story, but the artist skillfully transfers the gospel events to reality. Pilate stands on the steps of the stairs and, with the words “this is a man,” betrays Christ to be torn to pieces by the crowd, in which there are warriors and young men of a noble family, horsemen and even women with children. And only one person is aware of the horror of what is happening - a young man in the left 1543). Canvas, oil. 242x361 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Last Supper The painting was painted specifically for the Venetian church of San Giorgio Maggiore, where it remains to this day. The bold composition of the painting helped artfully depict earthly and divine details. The plot of the canvas is the gospel moment when Christ breaks bread and pronounces the words: "This is my body." The action takes place in a poor tavern,

Paolo Veronese aolo Veronese was born in 1528 in Verona. He was the fifth son in the family. He studied with his uncle, the Venetian painter Badile, and worked in Verona and Mantua. In 1553, Veronese was decorating the Doge's Palace. At the age of 27 he was called to Venice to decorate the sacristy of the Stasenko church. In 1560, Veronese visits Rome, where he paints Saint Veronica in the village of Maser near Vicenza. In 1566 he married the daughter of his teacher Antonio Badile. In 1573, Veronese was accused by the court of the Inquisition, but managed to justify himself and was forced only

Lamentation of Christ He made the composition concise and simple, which increased the expressiveness of its three figures: the dead Christ, the Mother of God bowed over him and an angel. Soft, muted colors are combined into a beautiful range of greenish, lilac-cherry, gray-white tones, softly shimmering in the lights and, as it were, fading in the shadows. Veronese wrote the Lamentation for the church of San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice between 1576 and 1582. In the first half of the 17th century it was bought by