#artist is titian-

[diioonysus]

ecce agnus dei (behold the lamb of god)

[classic-art-favourites]

Isabella of Portugal by Titian, 1548.

[thepleathersfine]

Study of “Christ and the Good Thief” by Titian (with Gestas added) Very clearly not what I usually do but it was a gift

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Titian (c. 1488/90-1576) "Portrait of Vincenzo Mosti" (1520) Oil on canvas Renaissance Located in the Galleria Palatina, Florence, Italy

[the-evil-clergyman]

Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian (1520-23)

[4h20art]

Painting: Madonna of the Cherries

Follow me on Instagram! @4h20.art

[arinewman7]

Annunciation After Titian

Gerhard Richter

Diasec-mounted giclée print on aluminium composite panel, 2015

[art-allegory]

Allegory of Time Governed by Prudence

Artist: Titian (Italian, 1490–1576)

Genre: Allegory

Date: circa 1565

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection:

Depicted People: National Gallery, Central London

Titian 

Orazio Vecellio

Marco Vecellio

Description

The three heads allude to the three ages of man: youth, maturity and old age; left: Titian at old age; middle: his son Orazio, who died of the plague the same year as Titian; right: his cousin and heir: Marco Vecellio, 1545; the triple-headed beast - Wolf, lion and dog - is a Symbol of prudence.

[thecolorsfucked]

god everyone was fucking inspired by titian bffr that means nothing go deeper

[diioonysus]

"this is our time, no turning back, we could live, we could live like legends."

[classic-art-favourites]

Venus of Urbino by Titian, 1534.

[gravehags]

something very personal to me is how titian loved a good fat woman. like that’s me i see in these pieces. nothing beats that feeling.

[pathofregeneration]

Portal of the Virgin, Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral — Paris, France

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Letter to a Modern Artist, part I

“I have been meaning to write: I have circled the writing pad as the swans circled Delos; I have hovered above the white paper as the Eagles hover above the compound in the Philosophic Egg, hoping for a birth of the spirit that drives one to get things done. The trouble with me is I have always got my nose buried in heart and mind consuming stuff, and when I finallly look up whoa! It's already spring. And here's me thinking it's only 3 a.m. I have obviously lost the ability to tell late from early. Do you know where early ends and late starts?

I am aware that you consider me particularly ignorant on the subject of Art, and I really do not take offense at such an evaluation, as it is probably more right than wrong. But the works of Art I like are not ignorant and the beauty of them are not in the least affected by my ignorance, but, as I look upon them, find myself washed clean of the leprosy of false art, with which the world is filled to brimming. Perhaps it would be useful at this point to give you a list of small selection of the works I value, because, God forbid, it might be Andy Warhole for all you know, and unless you know what I value, you cannot know where my heart is. If Earth was heaven, I should live in a Gothic Cathedral with great rose windows and make a portal just like the Virgin portal at Notre-Dame. The doors would be Ghiberti's and the ceilings Michelangelo's. On the walls I'd hang Leonardo's St. John and the Annunciation, Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego (Les Bergers d'Arcadie. Later version of the Louvre), also Poussin's Orpheus and Eurydice. Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne, and The Entombment I'd fetch from the Louvre. The same gallery would also suffer the loss of the Silver Statue of the Virgin and Child and Amiens Cathedral would be minus their Madonna. Bernini and Michelangelo would supply the centerpieces and Cellini the golden nic-nacs. The Greeks would be useful as tile layers, but hey, who would object to a few Romans lending a helping hand? I should ask God to plant me a garden but this time without Adam and Eve, those greedy fruit eaters.

All these great works are full of symbolism for those who care to read them. They are hieroglyphs from God, created in stone or on canvas by the Servants of the Lords of Light. And I truly believe that to be a true Artist is to be a Servant of the Higher Powers and of Truth; for to be otherwise is to be a creator of wallpaper—or of shelf-fillers—or of infernal cacophony.

But the pure Beauty of Great Art lifts the thoughts away from earthly cares and woes, and brings Grace to the inner minds of those who look upon them with eyes that see; clarifying the sight until there are no more boundaries and no distance. I see these Works as the materialized 'shadows' of Holy Inspiration, earthly representatives of what the great Artist sees in his enlightened Vision, and which he can only reproduce as best he can with whatever talent and sweat is his. (I can only imagine that the true Artist will never be satisfied with the reproduction of his vision, for no work of Art can ever tell us exactly what those who wrote or painted saw or heard or felt in their visions. And I speak here only of great works, not of the twaddle poured out by would-be artists.)”

— Edda Livingston

[sheltiechicago]

The Flaying Of Marsyas

Artist: Titian | Year (completed): 1576 | Period: Mannerism

Iris Murdoch, a novelist, once proclaimed The Flaying of Marsyas the most outstanding work of art in the history of Western culture. Not much information is known surrounding the painting. To whom the late Titian masterpiece was intended, whether it was finished (although it is signed), and whether it was changed after the artist's passing are all unknown. It illustrates Ovid's tragic narrative of the satyr Marsyas, who lost a duel with the deity Apollo in a contest and was sentenced to a horrible demise. The artwork is crammed with a large cast of creatures and people, some taking part in the horrifying, nauseating rite of painstakingly removing flesh from Marsyas’ bones while others are just contemplating. The painting appears incomplete or possibly abandoned when viewed up close, as it's incredibly messy and agitated. There's pain, passion, and brutality everywhere.

[vepxv1]

Mars, Venus, and Cupid, by Titian, queered, I’m guessing, by AstraZero

[hzaidan]

10 Works, The Art of War, Franz Ritter von Stuck, Eugène Delacroix and Titian's The Abduction of Alma, with footnotes

After Eugène DelacroixThe Abduction of Alma 1AI Generatednightcafe As Alma walks through the market she senses that she is being followed by group of people. She decides to get away but the faster she moved they faster they came. She finally decides to make a run for it… Please follow link for full post