This insightful volumes the use of imitation and the modern cult of originality through a consideration of the disparate fates of two Venetian painters - the ca
At the end of his long, prolific life, Titian was rumored to paint directly on the canvas with his bare hands. He would slide his fingers across bright ridges o
Titian is best known for paintings that embodied the tradition of the Venetian Renaissance—but how Venetian was the artist himself? In this study, Tom Nichols
This book presents case studies of collectors, patrons, and agents whose activities redefined collecting and the art market during a period when the status of t