"提香（活跃于1506年至1576年）为西班牙的菲利普二世创作了一批技术精湛的绘画作品，这些作品以神，女神和凡人的爱人为主题。提香（Titian）描绘了奥维德（Ovid）的叙事诗《变形记》（Metamorphoses）中描述的场景，并将这些作品视为视觉化的诗歌。本书详细研究了完整的系列——达那厄（Danae），金星（Venus）和阿多尼斯（Adonis），珀尔修斯（Perseus）和安德梅达（Andromeda），戴安娜（Diana）和阿克特翁（Actaeon），戴安娜（Diana）和卡利斯托（Callisto）和《The Rape of Europa》，以及《阿克泰翁之死》（The Death of Actaeon）。除了提香对文学和视觉资源的运用以及他与菲利普二世的通信往来，本书还探讨了提香的创作过程和技术。鲁本斯，委拉斯开兹和伦勃朗等艺术家的作品也探讨了这个系列对后来的欧洲绘画的影响。

《提香：爱情，欲望，死亡》是对这些非凡作品的最全面概述，对文艺复兴时期绘画的学者和仰慕者来说是必不可少的资源。

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"A celebration of one of the most important groups of Renaissance paintings

Titian (active 1506-1576) produced a masterful group of paintings for Philip II of Spain, celebrating the loves of gods, goddesses, and mortals. Depicting scenes from Ovid's narrative poem Metamorphoses, Titian named them ""poesie"" and considered the works as visual equivalents of poetry. This volume presents a detailed study of the complete series-Danae, Venus and Adonis, Perseus and Andromeda, Diana and Actaeon, Diana and Callisto, and The Rape of Europa, as well as The Death of Actaeon-lavishly illustrated with details of these emotionally charged paintings. The book explores Titian's creative process and technique, in addition to his use of literary and visual sources and his correspondence with Philip II. The artistic legacy of the series for later European painting is also examined in the works of artists such as Rubens, Velazquez, and Rembrandt.

Offering the most comprehensive overview of these remarkable works, Titian: Love, Desire, Death is an indispensable resource for scholars and admirers of Renaissance painting.

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