titian

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And rather than making use of preparatory sketches, Titian painted alla prima—going straight to work on the blank surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Blake was convinced that art had been on the skids since the mid-16th century, when worldly Titian and the Venetian painters rose to prominence, so he set about trying to put things right.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

His main residence was decorated with works by the Renaissance painter Titian and the Dutch grand master Rembrandt.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

She then used paintings to illustrate the development of art history through inventive copying, like the evolution of the reclining nude from Giorgione to Titian to Manet.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2023

The merits of line versus color have been the subject of a debate that first arose between partisans of Michelangelo and Titian, his great contemporary in Venice.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson