Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Titian
Born: 1477
Died: September 6, 1576 (aged 99)
Bio: Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, known in English as Titian, was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno.
Known for:
- Venus of Urbino (1538)
- Sacred and Profane Love (1514)
- Assumption of the Virgin (1518)
- Pastoral Concert (1509)
- Danaë with Nursemaid (1554)
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