The rape of Europa : the intriguing history of Titian's masterpiece /

"'The Rape of Europa' is one of Titian's great masterpieces, a work charged with eroticism and classical mystique behind which lies a tale as compelling as the painting itself. Here Charles FitzRoy weaves a unique account of its history and the painting's movement following...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: FitzRoy, Charles, 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Titian
  • Philip II as ruler and patron of the arts
  • The myth of Europa
  • The Spanish Habsburgs and the Alcázar in Madrid
  • The Dukes of Orléans and the Palais-Royal in Paris
  • The taste for Titian in nineteenth-century Britain
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner, Bernard Berenson and the creation of her museum.