Titian's ""Rape of Europa"" - 9781913645007

Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd

Titian's \""Rape of Europa\""Author(s): Nathaniel Silver\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781913645007, 978-1913645007\nSynopsis\nDubbed \""a mighty poet\"" by American author Henry James, Titian [tel] remains one of the most celebrated painters in Western art. In the American Gilded Age, Titian paintings became the peerless prizes of leading collectors and quickly rose to the top of art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner's wish list. In 1896, she landed his masterpiece, The Rape of Europa. It became the sole example of his celebrated poesie cycle outside of Europe, inspired an entire gallery in her newly built museum, and contributed to England's national outcry over the loss of its art treasures. This book, a companion to the Titian: Women, Myth, and Power exhibition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, tells the painting's story in Gardner's time and in Titian's, offering rare insights in.