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A short introduction to the CatholicArtUsa product line
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Michelangelo Craetion Of Man 12 tile mural (4"tiles)
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MSRP: $59.99
Price: $34.83
Manufacturer: CatholicArtUSA
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Artist
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano
Vecellio (c. 1485 August 27, 1576), better known as Titian, (TISH-uhn),
was the leader of the 16th-century Venetian school of the Italian
Renaissance. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (Veneto), in
the Republic of Venice. During his lifetime he was often called Da
Cadore, taken from the place of his birth.
Recognized by his contemporaries as "the sun amidst small stars"
(recalling the famous final line of Dante's Paradiso), Titian was one of
the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits and
landscapes (two genres that first brought him fame), mythological and
religious subjects. Had he died at the age of forty, he would still have
to be regarded as one of the most influential artists of his time. But
he lived on for a further half century, changing his manner so
drastically that some critics refuse to believe that his early and later
pieces could have been produced by the same man. What unites the two
parts of his career is his deep interest in colour. His later works may
not contain vivid, luminous tints as his early pieces do, yet their
loose brushwork and subtlety of polychromatic modulations have no
precedents in the history of Western art. |
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