Titian was as famous for his beguiling personality ashe was for his masterful paintings.A contemporaryof Michelangelo and Raphael,the greatest painter ofthe Venetian School was immensely successful duringhis lifetime and set new standards in nearly everygenre of painting practised in the sixteenth century-in portraiture,as well as in religious subjects,allegories and scenes from Classical mythology andhistory.

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

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

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

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