STUDY DAY - Titian and the Venetian Tradition

This is a chance to examine the range of Titian's work, alongside that of contemporaries such as Bellini, Giorgione and Tintoretto

The Italian Renaissance of the 15th century may have been centred in Florence, but at the beginning of the 16th century the city state of Venice emerged as a dominant location for artistic innovation. It was here that the full technical possibilities of oil paint were explored in a school of art where colour and light could be evoked through expressive, gestural techniques new to western art. Through a long career Titian emerged as the most prominent Venetian painter, with a style that could encompass traditional religious subjects but also classical narratives, lush nudes and lively, communicative portraits. This is a chance to examine the range of his work, alongside that of contemporaries such as Bellini, Giorgione and Tintoretto, and also to discuss the startlingly innovative style that characterises his controversial late work.

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