Titian's Women

by Rona Goffen

Well-known Renaissance scholar Rona Goffen examines the painter Titian's enduring fascination with the theme of beautiful woman. Goffen offers a new interpretation of the artist's paintings of women in the context of life in 16th-century Venice. Without denying the erotic appeal of Titian's women, Goffen goes beyond sexual suggestion to show the larger themes that women symbolized for the artist. 60 color and 117 b&w illustrations .

Genres: Art History

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997