By Charles FitzRoy
"'The Rape of Europa' is considered one of Titian's nice masterpieces, a piece charged with eroticism and classical mystique in the back of which lies a story as compelling because the portray itself. the following Charles FitzRoy weaves a different account of its heritage and the painting's stream following the increase and fall of the international locations during which it's been housed. the tale levels from its position on the courtroom of King Philip II of Spain, through Read more...
summary: "'The Rape of Europa' is one in all Titian's nice masterpieces, a piece charged with eroticism and classical mystique in the back of which lies a story as compelling because the portray itself. the following Charles FitzRoy weaves a special account of its heritage and the painting's circulation following the increase and fall of the nations during which it's been housed. the tale levels from its position on the courtroom of King Philip II of Spain, via French revolution and English intrigue, to its ultimate flow to the United States, engineered by means of the intense yet devious paintings historian Bernard Berenson. this is often the story of ways Titian's masterpiece has captivated kings, nobles, artists, and fanatics alike for over 4 centuries when you consider that its perception and keeps to take action today."--Publisher's site
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The theme of this book traces this history as the painting has moved in succession from Venice to Spain, France, England and the United States, reflecting the rise and fall of the various nations. The Rape of Europa was originally painted in Titian’s studio in Venice in the early 1560s. This was a golden moment in Venetian painting, when Titian, the leading artist of the Venetian School, was at the height of his powers and the most sought after artist in all Europe. Venice herself, however, had entered a period of decline as her trading monopoly in the Mediterranean was increasingly affected by wars with the Ottoman Empire and new trade routes to India and the Americas.
Venice herself, however, had entered a period of decline as her trading monopoly in the Mediterranean was increasingly affected by wars with the Ottoman Empire and new trade routes to India and the Americas. Her place had been supplanted by Spain, mistress of a vast empire in the Americas and the Pacific, and it was the Spanish King Philip II who commissioned the Rape of Europa from Titian, as part of a series of mythological paintings, based on the Metamorphoses of Ovid. The painting was brought to Spain, where it was to reside in the private apartments of the Habsburg kings in the Alcázar in Madrid.
Considering his reaction at the sight of Danae, there is little doubt how Aretino would have behaved if he had been in the artist’s shoes: ‘My God, her neck! ’ Whatever the truth, all the evidence suggests that Titian was happily married to Cecilia, a barber’s daughter from his hometown of Cadore, who bore him two sons and two daughters, but she died very young in 1530. Thereafter his household was run by his sister Orsa. The painter certainly enjoyed an enviable lifestyle in his house in Venice.