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The Tempest is one of Giorgione’s few paintings and most enigmatic as there are over thirty identified interpretations ranging from biblical to Venetian [1]. Giorgione was commissioned circa 1510 to make this painting for the wealthy Venetian,…

Giovanni Bellini was an Italian painter born in 1430 whose art represented stylistic innovations and concerns going on during the Renaissance [1]. He is known as one of the most influential Venetian paintings and through his career, there was an…

The Death of Actaeon was a piece in a large mythological series created for King Phillip II, the son of King Charles and the king of Spain [1]. “Poesie”, the other name for this particular cycle, was painted by the world-renown painter Titian. [2]…

The painting Paradise, made by Jacopo and Dominico Tintoretto from 1588-1592, is featured in the Ducal Palace and represents the greatness of Venice during this time period. It is featured across the expanse of the Great Council wall and stands above…

This painting is painted by Antonello da Messina depicting a scene of Saint Jerome in his study space by offering a scope into the saint’s living space as we are looking into a doll’s house. St. Jerome was born in the fourth century, he is known for…

The painting of the Happy Union was most likely commissioned by a husband and wife to decorate the ceilings of their home. Veronese was chosen to create this painting, making a series called the Four Allegories of Love on the dichotomy between a…

Titian paints his image with vibrant warm colors and darker cool colors.  The one exception to this is the color of the sky in some areas and a woman's dress, which are both a light shade of blue. The painting has a vast amount of contrast across the…

The scene of Venus and Adonis comes from the literary work The Metamorphosis by Ovid. After being mistakenly hit by an arrow from Cupid, Venus, the goddess of love, became the lover of the mortal young hunter Adonis. Venus had a foreboding that…

Titian created Saint Margaret and the Dragon in ca. 1565 and it is currently in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Philip II owned two paintings of this saint: one remains of the Escorial, which came in 1574, and the version in the Museo del Prado…

Titian’s Christ Carrying the Cross was not a one off subject matter or commission. Several decades prior Titian had created a version of Christ Carrying the Cross depicting Christ tied at the neck by the rope of an executioner [1]. This work was…