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TItian (1485-1576)
Tiziano Vecelli of Vecellio is Titian's real name. His parents names are gregono Vecelli and Lucia. By the time he was 15 he had been living in venice for 5 years studying under the mosaicist, Sebastian Zuccato. TItian worked on frescoes in northern Italy including ones that were state sponsored. In 1512 he went back to Venice and the became a broker's patent in Fondaco dei Tedeschi and he had to include completing the unfinished works of Giovanni Bellini in the hall of the great council in the ducal palace. In 1516 Bellini died. Titian was the leader of the Venetian School. From 1516 to 1530 he tried a very complex subject matter of his youth had not come close to. He worked in northern Italy and as a outcome his work was demanded more. This included the seris of the small Madonnas and the beneath of St. Peter of Verona(1530) In his mid and late 30s, he married a girl named Cecilia. They had three children Pmponio, Orzaio, Lavinia. In 1530 his wife died giving birth to Lavinia. As he got older his artistic style became more dramatic and he mastered movement and tumult in his work. Art from this period Includes speech of the marquiz del vasto(1541) and Ecce Homo(1541).. He had a series of reclining Venuses. He painted a portrait of Pope Paul III and King Charles V. Emperor Charles V in Bologna made him a count palatine and Knight of the Golden spur; In 1546 he was given the freedom of Rome. He died somewhere around 90 years of age. http://www.leninmports.com/titian.html
Titian
http://www.mystudios.com/art/itialian /itialn-self-portraiit.html
Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne http://blupete.com/Literature?Biographies/Literary/Hazlitt/Pictures/titian11.jpg Perseus and Andromeda: http://www.topofart.com/images/aftists/Tiziano_Vecellio_Titian/paintings/titian003.jpg
Humanism was the study of literary works of ancient Greece and Rome. Humanist studied grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, which is known as humanities today. Petrarch was called the father of Italian Renaissance humanism. Because Humanish emphasis on classical Latin that caused a wide spread of scholars, lawyers, and theologians. Some writers wrote in the language spoken in their region also know as vernacular. Dante's and Geoffrey Chaucer's literary work helped make vernucular literature popular. Humanist believed education could have a dramatic effect on people and wrote books and opened schools based on what they believed. Humanist believed that liberal studies kept people from reaching their fullest potential. Not only were students taught history, moral philosophy, eloquence, grammar, poetry, math, astronomy, and music they were also taught the skills Javelin throwing, archery, and dancing they were encouraged to seing, hunt, wrestle and run. However no one believed woman should get an education, they believed that religion and morals should not learn so they can become good mothers and wifes. The first masterpiece of the early Renaissance was said to be the frescoes painted by Masaccio. Frescoes made a painting seen more life like. It's done by fresh, wet-plaster with water based colors. The new techniques of painting helped sculptors. Flippo Brunellschi was inspired by the buildings or Rome to create architecure. He was hired by Medici, a welthy family in Florance, to design the church of San Lorenzo. This opened up a whole new artistic world. The main high renaissance artist were Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphel. Leonardo mastered realistic painting. He studied the human body to get a better undestanding of how human nature works. By the time Raphel was 25 he was one of Italy's best painters. He is admired by a few of his madonnas. Michelangelo was a painter, sculptor and architiect. He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In Flanders, A flemish painter Jan Van Eyck was one of the first artist to use oil paint. Jan Van Eyck and other northern Renaissance artist imitated nature by observing nature. pages 382-388
