Matthew introduces Titian's 'painterly' style, with 'its melting touch and suave effect', which he invented at the beginning of the 16th century. For the next 70 years in his studio in Venice, surrounded by poets and dukes and art historians, the occasional foreign king, and his female models - who mostly came from brothels - Titian developed this look. After his death his hazy, merging colours and rich, broken surfaces remained a touchstone of greatness in painting for 400 years.
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Series 1 Episode 1 Titian
Matthew introduces Titian's 'painterly' style, with 'its melting touch and suave effect', which he invented at the…
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Series 1 Episode 2 Rubens
Matthew Collings examines the work and legacy of Rubens, a man who was a diplomat as well as an artist who painted…
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Series 1 Episode 3 Velazquez
A fresh look at Velazquez's great masterpiece Las Menias, his early life in Seville and his gradual assent from…
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Series 1 Episode 4 Hogarth
The first three painters in Matt's Old Masters - Titian, Rubens and Velazquez - stand for the highest that painting can…
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