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=**__Titian The Greatest of Venetian Painters__ **=



Tiziano Vecellio
 * Born in 1488 in Prieve di Cadore, Venice, Italy
 * Died of a Bubonic plague at the age of 99 on August 27,1576

Titian's Life story

Tiziano Vecellio, also known as Titian was one of the master painters of the Italian Renaissance. He attended a Venetian school. Tiziano was born in Pieve Di Cadone, North of Venice. As a boy Titian painted with juices extracted from flowers. When he was about 10 years old he went to Venice. There he studied under Gentile Bellini and Giovanni Bellini, the greatest Venetian painter of the day. Eventually Giovanni passed away in the middle of one of his most important projects and Titian took his place and finish the master pieces.Titian was known for his religious paintings and use of auburn colors. He was an excellent colorist ,following lines and relaxtion in his paintings. Titian was also famous for using light and rich colors.in 1516 Titian became the official painter of the republic some of Titian's most acclaimed works were the assumption for the church of S. Maria Gloriosa dei Fari, the three paintings for Alfonso d'Este in Ferrara, an altarpiece in Ancona and a polyptych in Brescia centered on the resurrection of Christ. In 1525,at the age of 51 Titian married a fair young lady named Cecilia and had four children, two boys and two girls. Later on Titian became more known for his portrait's and was recognized by Young Giorgio Cornaro, Pope Paul III and Charles V Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Then he was later awarded with the rank of Count palatine and knight of the Golden spur by the Emperor. Titian works became heavily influenced by the mannerism of central and north Italy, he traveled to Rome for the first and last time in 1545, he visited Augsburg to paint portraits of the Emperor Charles V's son, who became Phillip II of Spain later on and an important patron of Titian. When Titian passed away he was about 99 years old his last work of Pieta Created for his own tomb and completed after his death by Palma il Giovane.

=__ T itian's Renaissance Works __= =﻿=
 * __Rape of Europa__**


 * __Painting of Venus and Adonis__**


 * __Saint John the Evangelist on the island of Patmos__**


 * __Assumption of the Virgin__**