Art Movement: High Renaissance, Venetian Renaissance

Artist

Titian

Titian—born Tiziano Vecellio—stands as one of the greatest painters in the entire history of Western art. No artist before or since has so profoundly transformed the language of painting through color, brushwork, and emotional depth. Titian did not merely perfect Venetian painting; he redefined what painting itself could be. Where earlier Renaissance artists emphasized line,…