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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2000;2:160-161.

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TIZIANO Vecillio (Titian) was the greatest Venetian painter of the 16th century and one of the most influential artists in the history of art. His use of typically Venetian warm bright coloring and expressive painterly technique was emulated by painters throughout the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to recreate the sensual richness and lyricism of his canvases in their own works. Titian was also an extremely versatile painter who excelled in several different painting genres, including religious paintings, large-scale historical or mythological scenes, allegories, and portraiture.

Titian was born around 1485 in Pieve di Cadore and was brought to Venice at an early age to apprentice under the painter Giovanni Bellini. He was also decisively influenced by his Venetian contemporary, Giorgione, whom he assisted with the fresco decoration of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in 1508. The deaths of Bellini and Giorgione, together with the departure of Sebastiano del Piombo, . . . [Full Text of this Article]