Titian was a very healthy man and was as fortunate as any other artisan of his kind has ever been, for he has received nothing from the heavens but favour and felicity. His home in Venice has been visited by a great many princes, men of letters, and noblemen who, in his time, have gone to pass some time in Venice, because, besides being an excellent artisan, Titian was very kind and well-bred, being possessed of the gentlest habits and manners. He had many rivals in Venice, but none of great worth, and he easily surpassed them through the excellence of his art and his ability to deal with and to make himself pleasing to the nobility ...

Titian was as famous for his beguiling personality as he was for his masterful paintings. A contemporary of Michelangelo and Raphael, the greatest painter of the Venetian School was immensely successful during his lifetime and set new standards in nearly every genre of painting practised in the sixteenth century -in portraiture, as well as in religious subjects, allegories and scenes from Classical mythology and history.

I, Titian introduces readers to the influential painter, allowing the artist's own words to deepen an appreciation of his achievements. High-quality reproductions illustrate the breadth of his ceuvre and underline the mastery with which he employed light and colour.

The scholarly text is supplemented by a concise biography and timeline to provide an in-depth look at the life and work of the visionary artist, immersing the reader into the time and place in which he painted.

I, Titian

Painter of the Serenissima

Noblesse Oblige

Eroticism and Sensuality

The Prince of Painters

Biography and List of Works

List of Works Illustrated

Selected Bibliography

Index