Tiziano - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:44:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Tiziano - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Dánae, Titian https://historylab.es/danae-titian/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=danae-titian Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/danae-tiziano/ Cultural history

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]]> Titian executed the so-called Poesias, commissioned by Philip II. Several mythological scenes, with a deeply erotic content, which are now in various museums in Madrid, London, Edinburgh and Boston. The one in the Hermitage does not appear to be part of this cycle, but it is very similar, with other Danaes by Titian in London (Wellington Collection) and Naples (Museo di Capodimonte)

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]]> Federico Gonzaga, I Duke of Mantua https://historylab.es/federico-gonzaga-i-duke-of-mantua/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=federico-gonzaga-i-duke-of-mantua Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:53 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/federico-gonzaga-i-duque-de-mantua/ Power elites

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]]> Portrait by Titian of one of the great princes and patrons of the Italian Renaissance. An ally of Charles V, who elevated his title to ducal. The dissipated life of the aristocrat is tempered by the solemnity of the sitter, who appears faithful and exemplary.

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]]> Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg https://historylab.es/charles-v-at-the-battle-of-muhlberg/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charles-v-at-the-battle-of-muhlberg Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:09 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/carlos-v-en-la-batalla-de-muhlberg/ Portrait of Charles V by Titian in 1548. Museo Nacional del Prado.

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]]> Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was portrayed by the Italian artist Titian after his victory over the Smalkada League, led by Protestant nobles. Faced with the religious rebellion that had arisen in the imperial states in the heart of Europe following the reformism proposed by Luther years earlier, Charles V took action to prevent the break-up of one of his territories over politico-religious issues. Although the significance of the emperor’s victory is political in nature, the religious connotation should not be forgotten, in which Catholicism defeats Protestantism. Thus, in the image, Charles shows the Virgin with the child on her breast in a clear allusion to the fact that God is on his side. The meaning of this painting is to show Charles not as a victor, but as an emperor capable of ruling over the different and diverse states and religions that made up the Hispanic Monarchy. Artistically, it is a novel work for the European imagination, as it synthesises the Roman equestrian portraiture begun in the Renaissance period, which would reach its apogee in the second half of the 16th century.

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