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St. Mark Enthroned With Saints Cosmas, Damian, Sebastian And Roch
''St. Mark Enthroned'' is an early painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Titian, created in 1510 or 1511, which is still in the church of Santa Maria della Salute ("Saint Mary of Health") in Venice. St. Mark, the patron saint of the Republic of Venice, is portrayed on a high throne, surrounded by St. Roch and St. Sebastian. Like other Titian paintings from these years, it shows the influence of Giorgione, who died young in 1510. See also * List of works by Titian Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mark Enthroned Religious paintings by Titian 1510 paintings 1511 paintings Paintings depicting Mark the Evangelist, Titian category:Paintings of Saint Sebastian, Titian category:Paintings of Saint Roch category:Paintings of Saints Cosmas and Damian Books in art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno. During his lifetime he was often called ''da Cadore'', 'from Cadore', taken from his native region. Recognized by his contemporaries as "The Sun Amidst Small Stars" (recalling the final line of Dante's '' Paradiso''), Titian was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of colour, exercised a profound influence not only on painters of the late Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western artists. His career was successful from the start, and he became sought after by patrons, initially from Venice and its possessions, then joined by the north Italian princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
