An art history discussion on the materials and techniques used by a group of sixteenth-century Venetian painters.

1. TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES IN
16TH-CENTURY VENICE

2. BOOKS
(I HAVE ALL OF THESE AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO BORROW
THEM.)
Seeing Through Paintings by Philippa Abrahams
Breaks down Titian’s painting methods.
Painting Techniques of the Masters by Hereward Lester Cooke
Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color by Philip BallI
Details the origin of pigments, their use and longevity.
Titian: The Last Days by Mark Hudson
About the best biography available. It’s a short read.

3. MORE IMAGES
National Gallery of Art, London: http://
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/titian
Prado Museum (Type in “tiziano”): http://
www.museodelprado.es/index.php?
id=995&no_cache=1&L=0&tx_obras[adv]=
Web Gallery of Art: http://www.wga.hu

5. Philip Galle (Flemish, 1537-1612) A Painter’s Workshop (c. 1595) Engraving. Rijksprentenkabinet,
Amsterdam.

6. 1479

8. 26 PIGMENTS
Yellow Ochre Ultramarine
Raw Sienna Azurite
Raw Umber Orpiment
Green Earth Malachite
Red Ochre Realager
Burnt Sienna Led tin yellow
Burnt Umber Smalt
Ivory Black Vermillion
Lamp Black Red Lead
Indigo Copper resinate
Saafron Carmine (cochineal)
Buckthorn Brasil
Gamboge Lac

9. SUPPORTS

10. Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) Agony in the Garden (c. 1480) Egg tempera on board. National Gallery of Art,
London.

13. Gentile Bellini (1429-1507) Sultan Mehmet II (c. 1485) Egg tempera and precious stones on panel. National
Gallery of Art, London.

14. Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) and Workshop. The Circumcision (c. 1500) Oil and Egg Tempera on Canvas.
National Gallery of Art, London.

16. Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516). Madonna and Child (c. 1504) Oil and Egg Tempera on Canvas. National
Gallery of Art, London.

17. Titian (1490-1576) Bacchus and Ariadne (c. 1520) Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, London.

19. Titian (1490-1576) Noli me Tangere (c. 1514) Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, London.

21. Titian (1490-1576) Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (c. 1534) Oil on canvas. Gallerie dell’Accademia,
Venice

24. Titian (1490-1576). The Vendramin Family (c. 1540) Oil canvas. National Gallery of Art, London.

27. Titian. Prepatory drawing for the Betrayal of Christ by Judas.

28. Raphael Sanzio (DATES) A Knight’s Vision, Study (1504) Charcoal on paper.

30. Raphael Sanzio (DATES) A Knight’s Vision, Study (1504) Oil on canvas.

31. Veronese (Venice, 1528-1588) The Marriage at Cana (c. 1563) Oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre, Paris.