I chose Titan’s Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne because of the colorful aspect of it. Most of the art depicted in Gardner’s Art Through the Ages chapter on high renaissance is colorful and full of mannerism that it is hard to pick a favorite one. Titan’s bacchanalian scene however captured my attention with its vivid colors and rich details.
There was a growth in the role and presentation of mythical imagery in Renaissance times. An understanding with Roman culture and the trappings of classical times served to regain a rich tapestry of images and icons that had been heavily connected in the Middle Ages.
Tiziano Vecelli, whose name has been anglicized into Titian, was the most extraordinary and prolific of the great Venetian painters (kleiner …show more content…
Around 1500, and before he was ten years old, Titian was sent to Venice. He was initially destined to be an apprentice to a mosaicist, Zuccati, but when his master saw he had the ability to draw he was sent to work in a painting school. Titian found himself under the tutorage of the elderly Giovanni Bellini, who was the leading artist in Venice. Whilst working under the Bellini’s - father and then son - Titian was exposed to the new inspirations that were to be found in the work of the Flemish painters particularly in their use of varnish glazes and oils. Bellini relaxed his landscapes through the use of these techniques. Titian incorporated these techniques during these decisive years and it soon became apparent he held a rare talent eventually surpassing his master.
Hanging in The National Gallery in London. This is the painting of Bacchus and Ariadne, which was completed around 1520-23. Commissioned by Duke Alfonso D'Este who ordered a set of five paintings for his Camerino d’Alabastro (small room of alabaster) he ordered one bacchanalian scene from Titan, Bellini, Raphael, and Fra Bartolomeo. Both Raphael and Bartolomeo died before completing the paintings and Bellini only painted one leaving Titan to paint the remaining three, amongst them was Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne (kleiner Pg.
There was a growth in the role and presentation of mythical imagery in Renaissance times. An understanding with Roman culture and the trappings of classical times served to regain a rich tapestry of images and icons that had been heavily connected in the Middle Ages.
Tiziano Vecelli, whose name has been anglicized into Titian, was the most extraordinary and prolific of the great Venetian painters (kleiner …show more content…
Around 1500, and before he was ten years old, Titian was sent to Venice. He was initially destined to be an apprentice to a mosaicist, Zuccati, but when his master saw he had the ability to draw he was sent to work in a painting school. Titian found himself under the tutorage of the elderly Giovanni Bellini, who was the leading artist in Venice. Whilst working under the Bellini’s - father and then son - Titian was exposed to the new inspirations that were to be found in the work of the Flemish painters particularly in their use of varnish glazes and oils. Bellini relaxed his landscapes through the use of these techniques. Titian incorporated these techniques during these decisive years and it soon became apparent he held a rare talent eventually surpassing his master.
Hanging in The National Gallery in London. This is the painting of Bacchus and Ariadne, which was completed around 1520-23. Commissioned by Duke Alfonso D'Este who ordered a set of five paintings for his Camerino d’Alabastro (small room of alabaster) he ordered one bacchanalian scene from Titan, Bellini, Raphael, and Fra Bartolomeo. Both Raphael and Bartolomeo died before completing the paintings and Bellini only painted one leaving Titan to paint the remaining three, amongst them was Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne (kleiner Pg.