26th January -20th April 2008
Gallerie dell’Accademia

Titian shown in the latest stage of his activity, when the artist, who was already about sixty-year-old, had to deal with a new way of painting which had to be looser, more sensual and spiritual at the same time: here is the painter from Belluno, as shown in the monographic exhibition arriving at the Gallerie dell’Accademia of Venice, from 26th January to 20th April, after the success achieved at the exposition in Vienna. There are 28 masterpieces in all - realized by Titian during the period from 1550 to his death occurred in 1576 just in Venice - thanks to which visitors will have the opportunity to find out a kind of painting made of dense brush strokes quickly spreading on the canvases  and giving birth to broken up forms as well as theatrical and emotional representations.  
Extraordinary borrowings coming from the most important museums, which will be exhibited along the expositive itinerary made of three thematic sectors devoted to portraits, profane themes and sacred painting. Moreover, visitors will have the opportunity to compare Titian’s works with those of his contemporary artists, thanks to the permanent collection of the Gallerie dell’Accademia, that keep some masterpieces by Giorgione, Veronese and Tintoretto.