Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-233) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- On the status of painting in the Renaissance -- Painting, poetry and the liberal arts -- Imitation, moral purpose and learning -- Tragedy -- Titian and tragedy -- The four great sinners -- Michelangelo and Titian: terribilità and tragic pathos -- Titian's mythological paintings: problems of interpretation -- Titian's poesie for Philip II as painted tragedies -- The final tragedies and Titian's 'late style' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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