Episode 247 - Titian's "Pietà" (Accademia Gallery, Venice) episode artwork

EPISODE · Oct 11, 2023 · 17 MIN

Episode 247 - Titian's "Pietà" (Accademia Gallery, Venice)

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Left unfinished at this death in 1576, Titian's "Pietà" was intended to serve as his funerary monument. Its extreme use of loose brushstroke and unconventional color combinations led one art historian to describe the painting as an example of "chromatic alchemy."

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