Titian’s
famous piece of work Rape of Europa
is presented as “the greatest Renaissance painting in the United
States”. Titian was born around 1488 into a family of modest means living in
the north of Venice, and studied with
Giovanni Bellini, Venice's most prominent artist. Titian and Giorgione
shared a workspace, so that their similarity of style in Titian's early career
is hardly shocking. It has led to confusion
about the attribution of several Renaissance paintings, most
significantly The Concert Champetre,
or Pastoral Concert.
Titian’s
painting The Concert Champetre Titian
portrays three young people in a garden playing, while a woman is pouring water
from a basin. Both the women are naked and the two men are dressed in costumes.
Personally, I think this piece is very poetic. The two women in the painting
represent the ideal beauty and shows the two men's fantasy. The two men playing
with the lute represent lyrical poetry. The painting is a four element work of
art representing water, fire, earth and air.
The Concert Champetre by Titian
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