around 1490 -1576 · Venice, European court color and painting

Bright flesh, deep color and ever freer touch make Titian the sovereign master of the Venetian Renaissance.

Tiziano Vecellio, known as Titian, was born around 1490 in Pieve di Cadore and died in Venice in 1576. Arriving very young in the lagoon city, he trained with Sebastiano Zuccato then the Bellini and worked alongside Giorgione. After the death of the latter and the departure of Sebastiano del Piombo, he quickly established an independent career. After the death of the latter and the departure of Sebastiano del Piombo, he quickly established an independent career. After the death of the latter and the departure of Sebastiano del Piombo, he quickly established an independent career. After the death of the latter and the departure of Sebastiano del Piombo, he quickly established an independent career. The Assumption of the Virgin, completed in 1518 for the Frari, renewed the altarpiece with its monumental rise, its fiery color and its dramatic unity. For Alphonse d'Este in Ferrara, Bacchus and Ariadne transformed the altarpiece with its monumental rise, its fiery color and its dramatic unity. For Alphonse d'Este in Ferrara, Bacchus and Ariadne transformed the altarpiece with its monumental rise, its fiery color and its dramatic unity. For the Frari, the Assumption of the Virgin, completed in 1518 for the Frari, renewed the altarpiece with its monumental rise, its fiery color and Habsburg. Charles V makes him Count Palatine; the equestrian portrait of Mühlberg establishes a lasting image of sovereignty. For Philip II, the "poetry" - of which Diana and Actaeon - give mythology the emotional freedom of a painted poem. Titian simultaneously excels in portraiture, the nude, devotion and the great religious story. Over the decades, his material is freed: dissolved contours, impasto, glazes and visible touches construct the image from a distance. Died over the decades, his material became free: dissolved contours, impasto, glazes and visible touches construct the image from a distance. Died during the plague epidemic, he left an influential studio and a work that marked Rubens, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Delacroix and the entire modern history of color. The "Titian" selection notably compares The Assumption of the Virgin and Bacchus and Ariadne. Its reading favors the material.

Titian makes color a thought: it models the flesh, tells of desire and gives power its memory.