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Titian's Rape of Europa / edited by Nathaniel Silver.

Title
Titian's Rape of Europa / edited by Nathaniel Silver.
Publication
London : Paul Holberton Publishing, 2021.

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  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, host institution.
  • Silver, Nathaniel E.,
  • Titian, approximately 1488-1576,
Description
79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
Summary
Dubbed "a mighty poet" by American author Henry James, Titian (1490-1576) remains one of the most celebrated painters in Western art. In the American Gilded Age, Titian paintings became the peerless prizes of leading collectors and quickly rose to the top of art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner's wish list. In 1896, she landed his masterpiece, The Rape of Europa. It became the sole example of his celebrated poesie cycle outside of Europe, inspired an entire gallery in her newly built museum, and contributed to England's national outcry over the loss of its art treasures. This book, a companion to the Titian: Women, Myth, and Power exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, tells the painting's story in Gardner's time and in Titian's, offering rare insights into the artist's virtuoso technique. Published here for the first time, dramatically enlarged details of the composition demonstrate Titian's deft touch and dazzlingly technical accomplishment. These bravura passages recently revealed by the painting's comprehensive cleaning - the first since its arrival in America - are accompanied by commentary from the conservator, Gianfranco Pocobene, who returned Europa to its original glory.
Subject
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Italian > 16th century > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Renaissance > Exhibitions
  • Titian, approximately 1488-1576 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Titian, approximately 1488-1576 > Exhibitions
  • Titian, approximately 1488-1576
  • Women in art > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published to accompany exhibition "Titian: Women, Myth & Power", held at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 12 August 2021 - 2 January 2022.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Isabella Stewart Gardner and the greatest renaissance painting in America / Nathaniel Silver -- Titian's rape of Europe / Nathaniel Silver -- Provenance / Thomas Dalla Costa -- Titian's technique / Gianfranco Pocobene.
Call Number
ND623.T7
ISBN
  • 9781913645007
  • 1913645002
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries