vi, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
ISBNs
9780300110005, 0300110006
OCLC
ocm60321467
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
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