In episode 12, Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig discuss the titan of Venetian painting, Titian, who happened to also make prints. Plus Ann and Tru take a deep dive into the epic first book of anatomy, Vesalius' On the Fabric of the Human Body, 1543. It turns out Titian had a hand in some of the woodcut illustrations in it.
Episode image: page from Andreas Vesalius (Italian, 1514–1564). De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body). Padua: School of Medicine, 1543. (Photo: museoteca.com) https://museoteca.com/r/en/work/5782/andreas_vesalius/de_humani_corporis_fabrica_on_the_fabric_of_the_human_body_/!/
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576) and Giovanni Bellini (Venetian, c. 1430/1435–1516). The Feast of the Gods, 1514/1529. Oil on canvas. 170.2 x 188 cm (67 x 74 in.). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Danaë, 1551–53. Oil on canvas. 187 x 204.5 cm (73 5/8 x 80 1/2 in.). The Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Venus and Adonis, c. 1553–54. Oil on canvas. 186 x 207 cm (73 1/4 x 81 1/2 in.). Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Diana and Acteon, 1556–59. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery, London, and National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Diana and Callisto, 1556–59. Oil on canvas. 187 x 204.5 cm (73 5/8 x 80 1/2 in.). The National Gallery, London, and National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). The Rape of Europa, 1559–62. Oil on canvas. 178 x 205 cm (70 1/16 x 80 11/16 in.). Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Perseus and Andromeda, c. 1554–56. Oil on canvas. 230 x 243 cm (90 9/16 x 95 11/16 in.). The Wallace Collection, London.
Ugo da Carpi (Italian, c. 1470–1532), after Titian (Italian, 1489/90–1576). St Jerome in the desert seated facing left, c. 1516. Chiaroscuro woodcut with two color blocks in green. Sheet: 156 x 95 mm. British Museum, London.
Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Venice : Aldus Manutius, 1499.
Jacopo de’ Barbari (Venetian, c. 1460–1516). Bird’s eye view of Venice from the south, 1500. Woodcut printed from 6 blocks. 134 x 281 cm. (52 ¼ x 110 ½ in.). British Museum, London.
[DETAIL] Jacopo de’ Barbari (Venetian, c. 1460–1516). Bird’s eye view of Venice from the south, 1500. Woodcut printed from 6 blocks. 134 x 281 cm. (52 ¼ x 110 ½ in.). British Museum, London.
[DETAIL] Jacopo de’ Barbari (Venetian, c. 1460–1516). Bird’s eye view of Venice from the south, 1500. Woodcut printed from 6 blocks. 134 x 281 cm. (52 ¼ x 110 ½ in.). British Museum, London.
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I, 1515. Woodcut, 195 woodblocks printed on 36 sheets of large folio paper. Overall size: 354 x 298.5 cm (139 3/8 x 117 1/2 in.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528). The Triumphal Chariot of Maximilian I, 1523. Eight woodcuts joined. Sheet: 53.02 × 233.76 cm (20 7/8 × 92 in.). National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530–c. 1560), after Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Transfiguration, c. 1530. Engraving on blue paper. Sheet: 404 × 322 mm. (15 7/8 × 12 11/16 in.). Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530–c. 1560), after Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Transfiguration, c. 1530. Engraving. Sheet: 15 9/16 x 12 in. (395 x 305 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Triumphal Procession of Christ, 1510–1511. Ten woodcuts joined. 47 x 271 cm. (18 1/2 x 106 ½). British Museum, London.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). The Submersion of Pharaoh’s Army in the Red Sea, 1514–15, printed 1549. Twelve woodcuts joined. 40 x 55 cm (15 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Pesaro Madonna, 1519–26. Oil on canvas. 4.88 × 2.69 m. (16 × 8.8 ft). Pesaro Chapel, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Assumption of the Virgin, 1516–18. Oil on panel. 690 × 360 cm. (270 × 140 in.). Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice.
Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490–1576). Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1542–43. Oil on canvas. 180 x 303 cm. (119 ¼ x 70 ¾ in.). Louvre, Paris.
Imago Mortis (Dance of Death) from the Nuremburg Chronicle, c. 1493. Woodcut. Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York.
Tru Ludwig (American, born 1959). Three Graces, 2000. Woodcut. 36 x 48 in.
Tru Ludwig (American, born 1959). The Exposure of Luxury, 2012. Woodcut. 48 x 33.
Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, late 1470s–early 1480s. Tempera on panel. 202 × 314 cm. (80 × 124 in.). Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Agnolo di Cosimo, called Bronzino (Italian, 1503–1572). An Allegory with Venus and Cupid (The Exposure of Luxury), c. 1545. Oil on wood. 146.1 x...
