提香(1488/1490～1576年)

Titian，原名Tiziano Vecellio。

义大利画家，活跃於威尼斯。年轻时由贝利尼家族施予教育，并与乔尔乔涅合作密切。早年作品类似乔尔乔涅的风格，以致难以辨别，但随着乔尔乔涅早死，提香成为威尼斯共和国主要的画家。他最重要的宗教绘画是为托钵修会教堂所绘之革命性和画时代的《圣母升天》（1516～1518），其中圣母在一片彩色火焰中升天，伴随着半圈的天使。提香也对神话题材感到兴趣，而他对维纳斯的许多描绘展现了作品的纯粹美感和惯有的情欲倾向。《酒神与阿里阿德涅》（1520～1523）带着异教式的放纵，为文艺复兴艺术最伟大的作品之一。提香因刻画内心入微的肖像而大受欢迎，包括义大利主要贵族、宗教人物、皇帝查理五世的肖像。他以《欧罗巴被劫》（1559年～1562）而达到权势的颠峰，这是他为西班牙国王腓力二世所绘的几件作品之一。他生时被视为极有天分，其声誉未见滑落。

English version：

1488/1490～1576年

Titian

Italian painter active in Venice. As a young man he was taught by Bellini family and worked closely with Giorgione. His early works are so similar in style to Giorgione's as to be indistinguishable, but soon after Giorgione's early death Titian established himself as the leading painter of the Republic of Venice. Among his most important religious paintings is the revolutionary and monumental Assumption (1516-18) for Santa Maria dei Frari, in which the Virgin ascends to heaven in a blaze of color accompanied by a semicircle of angels. Titian was also interested in mythological themes, and his many depictions of Venus display his work's sheer beauty and inherent eroticism. Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23), with its pagan abandon, is one of the greatest works of Renaissance art. Titian was sought after for his psychologically penetrating portraits, which include portrayals of leading Italian aristocrats, religious figures, and Emperor Charles V. He reached the height of his powers in The Rape of Europa (c. 1559-62), one of several paintings done for Philip II of Spain. He was recognized as supremely gifted in his lifetime, and his reputation has never declined.