The Life of Titian

by Carlo Ridolfi and Titian

Book Overview

After Vasari's Lives of the Most Famous Artists, The Life of Titian by the seventeenth-century Venetian artist and writer Carlo Ridolfi is the most important contemporary documentary source for our understanding of the great Renaissance artist. This new critical edition, the first translation into English of Ridolfi's biography, illuminates his life, his artistic production, and his early critical reputation. The editors address art-historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271016272
• ISBN13: 9780271016276
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"